Thibaut Courtois wants to be guaranteed the No1 spot at Chelsea if he is to sign new terms.
The Daily Mail says the Belgian keeper may ask for a guarantee that he will start as number one next season before committing himself to a new improved deal.
If that proves a stumbling block, he knows he can count on just such an understanding at Atletico Madrid, where his place has never been in doubt.
"My future is unclear, and I do need to sit down with Jose Mourinho and discuss it," he admitted.
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