The Belgium national team goalkeeper and Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois talked about how he supported Manchester United as a child and also named the reason why he never moved to the English club.
— I liked Edwin van der Sar and Iker Casillas. For that reason, I always followed the matches of Real and Manchester United. I watched Edwin closely as I grew up and tried to learn from him.
Why didn’t I move to MU? They signed a contract with David de Gea, you see? That changed my path a bit. I was a fan of Manchester United. At the moment when I started to succeed at Genk, Tottenham, Chelsea, and clubs from other countries were interested in me. At that time, Chelsea seemed to be the best long-term project for me, and essentially, since David moved to Manchester United, the opportunity for me to transfer to Atletico opened up, — said Thibaut Courtois.
