Chelsea’s highly-rated 21-year old goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is set to decide his future in the next month when he sits down with club officials.

The 6’6″ Belgian international is currently on loan at Spanish La Liga title contenders Atlético Madrid for a third consecutive season after failing to dislodge Petr Čech from the number 1 spot at Stamford Bridge.

Despite being one of the best-rated goalkeepers in the world, Courtois’ inability to dislodge the experienced Czech Republic international from the Chelsea first team has seen the youngster wanting first-team football elsewhere.

Thibaut Courtois’ father Thierry has been quoted by The Metro as saying that his son will sit down with the club to discuss his future sooner rather than later:

“We have a meeting with Chelsea and we will be talking about everything with them. “It is too early to make a definite decision yet. We have to negotiate with Chelsea. “Thibaut has been doing very well with Atlético but there are still three months of the season to go, and a lot can happen in that time.”

Thibaut Courtois has played 23 games in La Liga this season for Atlético Madrid, keeping 12 clean sheets and conceding only 14 goals for the surprise joint-league leaders.

The Belgian was part of the Madrid side that were 3-0 winners over Real Valladolid on Saturday. His side travel to AC Milan for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 match on Wednesday.