Chelsea football chief Michael Emenalo says they're happy to have summer signing Thibaut Courtois out on loan.

The Belgian is currently the No1 at Atletico Madrid.

Emenalo told chelseafc.com: "When you buy a quality young player, the competition is really heavy and there is no chance of them making any progress if they will not be playing regularly. We may feel they have too much quality to be in the reserve squad where they could stagnate, so you can make a decision even before you sign them that this can be the case, and you agree with them what will happen.

"Thinking of Thibaut Courtois, he is an outstanding young talent and playing at one of the top clubs in Spain - Atletico Madrid.

"Here we have a world-class goalkeeper in Petr Cech who is only 29 years old, there is no point Thibaut being here just picking up balls in training sessions."