Fulham fullback Timothy Castagne has opened up about his problems with Thibaut Courtois at the Belgian national team.
As the 27-year-old was today interviewed by RTL, he was asked about the public comments he made regarding the goalkeeper back in October.
That happened after Courtois refused to play a match after learning he wouldn’t captain Belgium in that game. That led to Castagne saying they’d do fine without him, and the Fulham player claims things are calmer now.
“I spoke with him, but it’s not the right timing. It’s not the right time. It was taken a little out of context. He wasn’t very happy, afterwards we talked about it, and that’s good. But it’s true that when you see sentences like that, coming out of the interview, he must not have been very happy. We talked about it calmly and everything went well,” said Castagne.
Castagne even ended up claiming that he hopes Courtois will be with Belgian’s squad for the Euros.
“With or without Courtois, there’s a difference, so we’d rather have him with us. But I said enough at the last meeting. I think it’ll be sorted out with the coach, we’ll all talk about it together, but now’s not the time to talk about it.”
Courtois is currently recovering from a knee injury, having not played for Real Madrid this season, and is just watching how Belgium do in the Euro qualifiers.
The Red Devils already secured qualification for the tournament, and now need the squad brought together for next year’s campaign.
The Fulham player’s interview with RTL got big attention in the Belgian and English media today, as the player also detailed how the summer transfer window went for him, as he drew interest from Juventus as well.
