Atletico or Chelsea for Courtois

Thibaut Courtois will either be with Atletico Madrid or Chelsea next season, reports in Spain have claimed.

Mundo Deportivo says either the Belgium international will remain at Vicente Calderon or he will return to his parent club, despite rumours linking Courtois with Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Atletico could take Courtois on loan again for a fourth season, contrary to reports regulations would prevent such a move, the newspaper adds.

For it to happen, Courtois would have to extend his Chelsea contract by another year.

Chelsea are said to want between €25m and €30m to let Courtois go permanently and Atletico are willing to pay such an amount.

There is said to be no chance Diego Costa is sold to Chelsea in return.

Courtois is expected to decide what he wants to do this month and there were reports in Britain, the newspaper notes, that said Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was willing to sell Petr Cech to make room for Courtois, although Mundo doubts their veracity.

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