Superstar to snub La Liga transfer, set to sign new contract with Chelsea

According to reports, Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is set to turn down Real Madrid by penning a £200,000-weekly contract to stay at Stamford Bridge.

Sky Sports football transfer expert Guillem Balague claimed the Belgian was a transfer target for the Champions League winners alongside his Belgium and Chelsea team-mate Eden Hazard.

The safe hand could surely have been a better version on Keylor Navas in between the sticks for Real, but the Sun suggest he’s set to sign a lucrative new contract with Chelsea.

Their report suggests the 25-year-old’s £200,000-weekly wage will make him both the Blues highest-paid player and also the World’s top-earning goalkeeper.

This is a huge statement by the Blues in keeping one of their key players despite interest from the world’s biggest football team.

The goaltender has shone like million stars in England and is undoubtedly one of the World’s finest goalkeepers on his day, and not a player the Blues would want to lose at any price.

This continues Chelsea’s generally strong record of keeping off interest in their key players during the Billionaire owner Roman Abramovich era.

Chelsea faithful’s could have done with this good transfer news after a recent dip in form and little in the way of exciting news involving their side this winter.