De Bruyne and Courtois don’t speak to each other. Betrayal between friends over a woman, the ‘apple of discord’ sinking Belgium
Because of the Belgian national team’s poor performance at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, several disputes between teammates have come to light. One involves Kevin De Bruyne and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who have not exchanged a word for years because of a woman who became the apple of
Because of the Belgian national team’s poor performance at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, several disputes between teammates have come to light. One involves Kevin De Bruyne and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who have not exchanged a word for years because of a woman who became the apple of discord between them.
The players have known each other since they were very young and have also progressed in parallel in the world of football. They met at Chelsea and crossed paths in all of Belgium’s youth national teams, up to where they are now. Their relationship was initially very good, but it was destroyed by a woman.
It all dates back to 2013, when Caroline Lijnen, Kevin’s partner at the time, travelled to Madrid with some friends to relax. There she met Courtois, at a time when the goalkeeper was part of Atlético Madrid. The young woman stayed with the goalkeeper, whom she knew because he was a friend of the midfielder, but began a parallel romantic relationship with him.
Since Kevin found out about his partner’s infidelity with his friend and teammate, the relationship between the two has been almost nonexistent. De Bruyne is deeply hurt and disappointed by Thibaut Courtois’s betrayal.
