Blues livid with the transfer accusations of Real Madrid goal keeper

Chelsea are reportedly furious with Thibaut Courtois after the criticised club director Marina Granovskaia for reneging on an agreement to sell him last summer.

Thibaut Courtois

Courtois told Belgian newspaper HLN: " That Marina is hard at negotiation is normal. The people in football who are talking about contracts, salaries, transfers, etc that get players and dispose of them - they have the most difficult job.

"In March, Marina and I had a meeting in which I indicated that I wanted to leave. Living in London and the schedule of the Premier League made it impossible for me to regularly see my children, who lived in Madrid.

"After the World Cup, a departure was suddenly not that obvious anymore. The possible replacements were too expensive. That was not the agreement."

The Telegraph have reported that Chelsea have strongly denied Courtois' claims, denying they ever made a promise to sell him.

The 26-year-old eventually secured a £31.5m move to Real Madrid.