Real Madrid: Grading every player at the 2019-2020 mid-season point
Thibaut Courtois: B
It may seem a little harsh giving the towering Belgian a “B-” but even though he has been in brilliant form during the past couple months, it’s difficult to really forget how the season has gone for him before then. Courtois wasn’t even a shadow of himself during many of the games this season which lead many to wonder why he is the starting goalkeeper of this team when we could have easily kept Keylor Navas.
After the first-leg blunder against Club Brugge where Courtois was taken off at half time, the goalkeeper returned a couple games later as a changed man once the international break was over. Since then, he has been a savior for the team and has cemented himself as someone that the squad, the manager and the fans can count on.
Arriving on loan from PSG with Keylor Navas going the other way permanently, Alphonse Areola didn’t take too long to adapt. The French goalkeeper has been used more often than he may have expected and has done well whenever he played. With many wanting him to start ahead of Courtois, we saw his rookie mistakes against Granada (a game we thankfully won) but overall, the player shouldn’t have too many regrets since his signing.