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Chelsea send classy message to Thibaut Courtois but fans slam club
CHELSEA have congratulated Thibaut Courtois after he won The Best FIFA Goalkeeper award but fans are fuming.
FIFA Football Awards: Thibaut Courtois wins Best Goalkeeper
Courtois was nominated on the back of his exploits for Chelsea last season and Belgium at the World Cup.
Kasper Schmeichel and Hugo Lloris were the other two finalists.
But Courtois was named the winner and told the audience: "I am very proud and happy.
"I would like to thank my teammates and my coaches - they always give the best advice.
“So thank you everyone!"
Courtois left Chelsea in the summer to join Real Madrid in acrimonious circumstances.
But his former club showed their class by tweeting: “Congratulations also to Thibaut Courtois, who has won #TheBest FIFA Goalkeeper 2018 award at the #FIFAFootballAwards.”
However furious Chelsea fans slated the club and called Courtois a “snake”.
One fan wrote: “Why are you congratulating this snake??”
Another said in all capitals: “SNAKE! DELETE THIS POST!”
Another Blues supporter said: “Woah no, on behalf of all Chelsea fans, delete this pls.”
Luka Modric was named Best FIFA Men’s Player with 29.05 per cent of total votes.
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach was Didier Deschamps after leading France to the World Cup.
The FIFA FIFPro World 11 2018 was: David De Gea; Dani Alves, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane; Eden Hazard, N’Golo Kante, Luka Modric; Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi.