Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is currently recovering from his torn anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered just before the start of the season and is due to be fully fit before the end of it. Still, he won’t return on time for Belgium duty before the end of the EURO 2024.In a bombastic interview with Sporza in Belgium, Courtois explained that he would not be able to prepare for the tournament in the manner he would like. “Due to the injury, there will be no European Championship for me. First, I have to recover 100% completely and then it is better not to set a date for it. If I am lucky, I can play another match in May. But you can never be 100% ready for a big tournament.”Courtois informed Real Madrid that he is not going to the EURO2024He was also unhappy with Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco. Last year, he left the Belgium camp early ahead of a match with Austria after reportedly being frustrated with the fact that Tedesco had awarded the captaincy to Romelu Lukaku and not him. “Well, first, I would like to apologise for that. It was a wrong decision to leave after the game against Austria. I would like to apologise to the team and especially to the fans. I think those two groups were the most surprised. Therefore: 100% my I apologise and I’m sorry.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7753293##”On Saturday of the match, a few hours before kick-off, Tedesco called Lukaku and me in. When he said that Romelu was captain against Austria and I was captain against Estonia on Tuesday, something broke inside me. It no longer worked. The fact that I no longer felt the appreciation of the federation or the coach made something explode inside me.”🚨🇧🇪 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | Thibaut Courtois (31) announced he will NOT be at EURO 2024 with Belgium due to his ACL injury. Tedesco has Koen Casteels, Thomas Kaminski, Matz Sels, Arnaud Bodart etc as options. pic.twitter.com/Ukvq4mIk6V— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) December 19, 2023 Yet he went after Tedesco, and revealed that the former Schalke coach had threatened to expose him if he did talk about it.”In fact, Tedesco explained to me in seven different versions why Romelu was captain. Each time, it was different: once he decided on Thursday, then on Friday, then the day after the final…””To save the situation, I spoke with [Franky] Vercauteren – Belgium’s sporting director – until half past four at night in Tubize. About the national team, about my club’s things, about the system, about everything. But Tedesco left after 15-20 minutes; he was already tired of talking to me.”
