Thibaut Courtois says he WON’T PLAY for Belgium under Domenico Tedesco 👀 | ESPN FC

one thing we do know is TBO CA will not be returning to the Belgium national team at least while it's under its current management you may remember this quote from Instagram not long ago unfortunately following the events with the coach and after much reflection I have decided not to return to the Belgian national team under his Management in this matter I accept my share of responsibility however looking forward my lack of confidence in him would not contribute to maintaining the necessary atmosphere of cordiality you don't say oh sh definitely doesn't likees oh goodness me listen I I understand tioa and his his feelings are around Tedesco but I maintain even talking about tibok Tua the best goke Keeper in the world right now you walk away from a national team for the C of the reasons that that you did whenever it was I I don't have him back and and even going Beyond Tesco as a teammate I want to know that I can expect more from you that I can rely on you more than just when you're captain or not I I I find the reasons of of a couple years ago to be so petty that even though we're talking about the best player in the world there has to be a bigger picture to this and um I I'm having them back and and even if you had an issue with a manager right yeah honestly as a goalkeeper how many interactions do you really have with the manager exactly most of your interactions are with a goalkeeping coach with the manager it's very little and so even if I dislike the manager and we I'm sure that we didn't all like all the managers that we play for look all you're supposed to do is show up and keep the ball from going into the back of the net that is your job by definition how much interaction do you really need to have with Dominic Tesco I don't think that much I don't think that actually should actually even play a part and if you don't like each other so be it but to sacrifice the idea of going to the national team because he didn't pick me as Captain I'm going to take my ball and go home too come on here's the thing do you think in any game for Real Madrid if Carlo ancelotti maybe promises tibo kot I'm going to make it Captain next week and then goes back on that promise do you think tibo Kota is going anywhere absolutely not absolutely not so why does he think it's okay to do it with this manager and to the bigger point to this group of players so often as a as a as a team as players we talk about being in the trenches for each other this is as Petty a reason as I have heard for somebody walking out on any national team let alone a player who is in my mind the best goalkeeper in the world today um and as important to his national team as tiboa quite clearly is I I I just don't get it if we were in the trenches Shaq would you stay awake I I'll give it a good goal okay thank you shq thank you about that go on Frank um um first I want to know that because Shaka mentioned three times thato CTO is the best goalkeeper in the world we I have the tendency to believe him uh but um um I want to say that U we have to think further away uh from that decision from tiboa what's going to happen with him 10 years from now 20 years from now when he's going to look back at his career and say well because of the guy I didn't like I couldn't play with my national team I made the wrong decision you he getting stubborn right now with that decision and uh and you should think about the fact that playing for the national team is the one of the best thing in the world for football player and is uh sacrifying himself sorry I didn't say it properly for for for something stupid I have to say and uh that that's a sad in a way and um and it's sad for Belgium it's sad for him and I think he should change his mind because he's going to regret it big time and I thought I don't know the rules but I thought at my time you would refuse to play for your national team you would be suspended for to play with your Club I don't know if it changed I don't know if you have the right to do that but I wasn't the case with at my time it looks as though Belgium have just accepted it though h i mean you can't force a player to play um it is petty but more than anything it's ego all you're saying is I want want people to know who runs this ship who's the leader of this team because it's an armband you can be a leader not have the armband in fact it's silly for a goalkeeper to be the captain because only the captain can talk to the referee today what are you going to do run across 60 yards to talk to the referee so it's just ego he's hurt um certainly there's a lot more water under the bridge than we know about it can't just be I wasn't pick captain and this is why I'm not going he must have other reasons um that aren't public or maybe they are with the Esco but it can't just be that petty because there's more at stake than just yourself and Frank's right there's going to come a time cuz he's 32 years old right now he could theoretically play the next World Cup and the way goalkeepers and sports science and medicine are going today he could probably Play Another World Cup if he's healthy enough if that's the case you're going to look back and say what if [Music]