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title: "Courtois expected to be back for mid-December"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2015-11-27T12:51:14Z"
modified: "2015-11-27T12:51:14Z"
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# Courtois expected to be back for mid-December

Thibaut Courtois is expected to return to the Chelsea squad in mid-December according to [West London Sport](https://www.westlondonsport.com/chelsea/huge-boost-for-chelsea-as-courtois-is-tipped-to-return-soon).

Courtois has been out of action after undergoing knee surgery way back in September. Ever since the Belgian had been out of action, Asmir Begovic has enjoyed a solid run between the sticks for Chelsea.

![Michael Regan/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readchelsea.com/readchelsea/2015/11/484994826.jpg)

Begovic has been one of the few highlights of Chelsea’s season so far.

Mourinho had recently [revealed](https://readchelsea.com/2015/11/20/courtois-targets-bournemouth-return/) there was a small chance that Courtois could return for the game against Tottenham on Sunday after the Belgian returned to training recently.

However, Mourinho has now admitted it could be a couple more weeks until Chelsea fans see the Belgian back in action.

He said:

> Courtois is training with the team but not playing Sunday. I would go for the first 15 days \[of December\].

This means that he could return against high-flying Leicester City or against Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland, which looks the more likely game out of the two. Which are scheduled for the 14th and 19th December respectively.