Courtois believes that he should be paid approximately the same as De Gea, his Manchester United rival

The negotiations over Thibaut Courtois’ new contract at Chelsea have stalled over the goalkeeper’s wage demands and, without further talks scheduled, he could start the season without a deal being reached.

Courtois has two years left on his contract, worth about £100,000 a week, and hopes for near parity with David De Gea, his counterpart at Manchester United who is paid twice that. The Belgium goalkeeper believes that the increase is justified after he recorded the highest number of clean sheets in the league last season as Chelsea won the title.

Eden Hazard, Courtois’ compatriot, is the club’s top earner on £200,000 a week and plans to have talks about extending his contract next month.

Elsewhere today, Harry Redknapp confirmed that he has made an