Thibaut Courtois hailed as 'best in the world' but will Chelsea lose him?

The Belgian goalkeeper, on loan at Atlético Madrid for a third consecutive season, produced another outstanding display against Barcelona but where does his future lie?

Barcelona 1-1 Atlético Madrid

Diego Simeone sat on the set at a TV studio, a huge mocked-up bag of cash on the desk in front of him representing the 38m (£31.5m) in Diego Costa's buy-out clause. Simeone is a pragmatist, a man who has talked often of Atlético Madrid's limited resources, and he had just admitted with a heavy heart that if a club met the striker's valuation he would have no choice but let him go, just as he had with Radamel Falcao the previous summer.

There is no money for big signings. He would find an alternative, a cheaper one. Now, Simeone was asked, would you use this big bag of money to sign Thibaut Courtois permanently? Atlético Madrid? 38m? On a goalkeeper? Were they mad? Simeone didn't hesitate. "Without doubt," he said. Better still, Simeone may get Courtois for free. For one more year at least. The question has been repeated often, not least by Courtois himself: where next?

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