Thibaut Courtois has confirmed he will have to consider leaving Chelsea for Spain due to family reasons.

Standard Sport revealed earlier this week that the keeper might reject a new contract even if Chelsea meet his wage demands because he wants to move closer to his two children.

Both of Courtois' kids are being raised in Madrid and he understandably would like to see them more regularly.

Chelsea want to give him an extension on his current deal, which has 18 months left to run, and more talks will he held later in the season.

But speaking to Spanish station LaSexta, Courtois said: "Everybody knows that due to my personal situation, Spain attracts me. If it is not now, it will be in some years."

The 24-year-old asked Chelsea to double his £100,000-a-week salary when negotiations started earlier in the year.

Chelsea's initial offer in May was rejected because it was less than that and there have been no talks since.

Real Madrid are huge admirers of Courtois and are considering making a bid in the summer, although Manchester United star David de Gea and Athletic Bilbao's Kepa Arrizabalaga are also on their wishlist.

It is understood that their fierce local rivals Atletico could also make a move to bring Courtois back to the Spanish capital.

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Courtois spent three years on loan at Atletico from Chelsea between 2011-14, where he won four major trophies including La Liga and the Europa League.

The Spanish side, who failed to progress to the last 16 from Chelsea's Champions League group this term, currently have highly rated Slovenia international Jan Oblak as their first choice goalie.

But it is believed Paris St Germain are looking to buy Oblak and are prepared to pay the £89m release clause in his contract.

Oblak showed in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Tuesday night that he is one of the best in the world after making a string of fine saves.

Should the 24-year-old move to PSG, then Atletico will have the funds to buy Courtois as his replacement.

Atletico have already shown they can prise a top asset away from Chelsea when they agreed a £57.2m deal for striker Diego Costa in September.

It took Costa to force that transfer through but Courtois won't resort to such methods even if he decides he wants a switch to Real or Atletico.

The Belgium international is enjoying his time at Chelsea and has become a key member of the dressing room.

When pressed by LaSexta if he was waiting for an offer from Real Madrid, he added: "No, I'm calm.

"I'm happy at Chelsea. I just want to wait (over contract talks) because now there are many games and I prefer to have my head focused on that."