Chelsea Transfer News: Thibaut Courtois To Be Used As Bait For Falcao?
Mirror. Blues owner Roman Abramovich has refused to give up on the 27-year old in spite of strong interest from Real Madrid and both Manchester clubs, and the soon-to-be-Ex-European champions might yet have a secret weapon up their sleeves in the race for his signature. Young goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been on loan at Atletico for the past two seasons and the Spanish outfit want him there next term. The Blues would reportedly be more than happy to let him stay there - if it had any sort of influence in the race to sign Falcao. The former Porto star has been in electric form this season, scoring 31 goals in 35 appearances for Atletico, helping to fire them into 3rd place in La Liga and three points behind city rivals Real. Meanwhile, another player who may also be used as part-exchange in the summer transfer market is youngster Kevin De Bruyne. The 21-year old is set to be used as a bargaining chip and move to Bayer Leverkusen next week, with striker Andre Schurrle coming the other way.