Courtois asked for more vacations, and they demanded that he return half of his salary

With his acid comments, Rafael Van der Vaart continues making headlines despite the fact that he left football several years ago. Last June, the former Dutch player criticized the level of Spain in the Eurocup and last Monday he returned to do his thing after targeting Thibaut Courtois for complaining about the load of matches of international players. In addition, he invited the Real Madrid goalkeeper to return half his salary if he wants more holidays.

“If he returns half of his salary, he will be entitled to six months of vacation. He is a footballer, a club pays him a lot to play. Sure, the agendas are loaded, but we all have them”, Van der Vaart said in a statement on public television NOS, where he is a commentator.

The former Netherlands international added that Courtois's words "are a whimper, more so from a goalkeeper." And is that after losing on Sunday against Italy in the match for third and fourth place in the League of Nations, the Belgian goalkeeper complained about the accumulation of matches and charged against UEFA.

The goalkeeper complained that next year a World Cup will be played in November and this year it will be played until the end of June. “We are going to get injured! Nobody cares about the players anymore", said Thibaut Courtois, who considered that "three weeks of vacation is not enough for the players to play for 12 months at the highest level".