Chelsea’s five most overrated players- Several starters make the list
Thibaut Courtois
The giant Belgian goalkeeper is the most overrated goalkeeper in Europe by some distance. I’ve written about this subject on a litany of occasions and even taken some flack for it on social media. The truth is this: Courtois is not even in the top 15 goalkeepers in Europe statistically and as a leader (which a goalkeeper must be) he is even further down the pecking order.
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Courtois is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with the modern footballer. He cannot help but talk to the media and courts dressing room disturbing controversy for fun. This is the young man who at 21 decided it was he who should decide whether club legend Petr Cech stayed or went?
Cech by the way still has better statistical goalkeeping numbers than the Belgian. His ridiculously entitled nerve showed itself again when he complained that it was in fact Christophe Lollichon, the historically famous and fantastic goalkeeping coach, who was to blame for his play and not him. Courtois is everything that is wrong with this current Chelsea squad and the modern-day footballer.
He’s the most overrated player perhaps in Europe as well as the most entitled and genuinely a poor example to every young footballer strapping on a pair of goalkeeping gloves.