‘He gave me what have missed in three years, in one night’ – as real truth behind ‘hatred’ between De Bruyne and Courtois finally revealed
According to latest reports, Kevin De Bruyne and Thibaut Courtois are arguably two of the best players in their respective positions, but despite sharing the same national team shirt, they do not get along. Find out why this is the case.
However, The reason behind their mutual hatred is simple: Courtois stole Kevin’s girlfriend back in 2014 – she admitted herself to having a fling with Tibo, but insisted it happened only after KdB cheated on her.
She told Belgian newspaper Sport: “In the summer of 2012, Kevin told me that he had an affair with my old best friend. I gave him the choice: her or me,”
“I was ready to give him another chance, but our relationship was never the same afterwards.
“Thibaut gave me in that one night, what I’d sorely missed for three years with Kevin.
“With Thibaut I could have good conversations and he also cooked nicely for me. Such a thing Kevin never did. And then suddenly we clicked.”
De Bruyne and Courtois have been in open conflict ever since. Former Belgium manager Marc Wilmots even asked the former if he should avoid calling up the latter, such was KdB’s importance for the team. Kevin’s answer was simple.
“Although I still can not believe what Courtois has done, we continue to work together professionally, ” he wrote in his autobiography.
“The coach asked me if he should leave the team. I do not think I had the right to say that he can not play for the national team anymore because he did something wrong. Of course he remains a good goalkeeper. So I said he could stay.”