Real Madrid and Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has expressed outrage at the way his performance is perceived in his country. According to the player himself, he is valued more in Spain than in his own homeland.

I want to give my honest opinion without looking like a victim, let it be clear. When I spent three fantastic years at Atletico Madrid, I received praise from all over Belgium. I became Athlete of the Year and I think that was right. However, now I have the feeling that everything I do is considered normal. My performance against Valladolid (when he kept his net dry for a 1-0 victory) caught the attention of only your newspaper, the others pretended that I did not exist. It seems that it is no longer worth maintaining a high level in the biggest club in the world.

I can understand that Romelu Lukaku received the award for Best Belgian Player Abroad. He deserved this prize, I told him personally. But I deserved it too. The fact that I wasn`t even nominated for Athlete of the Year, and other players were, is ridiculous. Another topic is that Vaut van Art was the only one who deserved this award. That`s why I think: What are you watching so much? I really feel that I am valued more in Spain or even in other countries than in Belgium. I think it`s just unfortunate, especially when you know what I went through at Real Madrid. I experienced a tsunami here. In 2020, however, I won the Spanish Super Cup with a decisive save on penalties and I had the credit for the country`s title.

Then I read what the analysts wrote: Lukaku deserves the Best Player award more than Courtois because he was always available to the national team while the goalkeeper was absent several times. I did not travel for the visit to Denmark in September, because I had just returned from vacation and decided that I needed good preparation. Such a match would not help me. This may seem selfish, but Roberto Martinez also wants his goalkeeper to feel good and ready for the European Championship, right? I didn`t play for the national team again in October, but then I was injured. I just couldn`t come and help the team. If they make their assessments based on that, I`m sorry, but I think that`s a funny point of view. When I made the mistake in our home game predicted by soccer prediction memphis depay can replace sancho against Denmark, it seemed that this was the only thing Courtois did in 2020, the guard told HLN.







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