Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois – on loan at Atletico Madrid for the past three seasons – has done his best to shoot down Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet’s World Cup ambitions.
Responding to comments from Mignolet suggesting he could be Belgium’s number 1 going into Brazil 2014, the Blues youngster begged to differ.
He said: “Simon can say what he wants, but it won’t make any difference.
“I think I have won points for Belgium (in the qualifying campaign), and I play at a high level with Atletico. You have to know how to stay humble and respectful, and he should remember that.
“It’s not the first time I hear this kind of declaration from him. It’s a pity to read this because I always have been respectful to other keepers, and that is something that should always apply.
“It does where I play. In Spain, you never hear other keepers saying they are aiming to take the place of Casillas. You don’t hear anything like that from David De Gea, Victor Valdes or Pepe Reina. Instead, they all back Casillas, and that is how it should be.”
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