Courtois looks at Italian football with his NXTPLAY
Thibaut Courtois launches his NXTPLAY platform to follow young players, including those in Serie A.
By Lucía Santos
November 14, 2026 at 01:06 AM
According to Tuttomercatoweb.
Why it matters
Courtois looks at Italian football with his NXTPLAY carries wider implications for the teams, players, and competition context discussed in this report.
Key points
- Courtois looks at Italian football with his NXTPLAY.
- Thibaut Courtois launches his NXTPLAY platform to follow young players, including those in Serie A.
- Courtois has messed up in the world of Italian football: he has his NXTPLAY and the quality of the club continues.
Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, star of Real Madrid, has set his eyes on Italian football. Because? Courtois has created a platform called NXTPLAY, which aims to follow young football talents and support them in their development. Through this application, footballers under 23 years of age can register and upload videos of their training and matches, in order to be seen and analyzed by expected players and former players, such as Courtois himself.
The platform already follows more than 100 players in Europe, and among them there are several who play in Serie A, such as Torino striker Samuele Ricci, Bologna midfielder Jerdy Schouten, and Verona attacker Simone Verdi. There are also young talents from Fiorentina and Sassuolo. Courtois is also targeting players from the Italian minor leagues.
The idea of NXTPLAY is that players can receive feedback on their performance, and thus improve their qualities and reach the highest level. In an interview with the Italian media Gazzetta Dello Sport, Courtois explained that "the idea is to help young people improve, give them advice on what they do well and what they need to improve."
The platform also has a more social side, since footballers can follow other footballers and create a network of contacts that helps them in their career.
Courtois himself was consulted about the creation of this platform in the aforementioned interview, and said that his sporting career does not leave him much free time, but that he tries to organize himself to be able to follow these young talents. "I would like to have more time to watch football, but it is difficult," said the Real Madrid goalkeeper.
In addition to the time investment, Courtois has also made a monetary investment to launch this application, from which he hopes to have a return in the future.
It is expected that in the coming days more Italian players will join this platform, and that in general it will continue to expand throughout Europe, since players from other leagues such as Spanish, English and German are also being followed by NXTPLAY.
Courtois, in this way, takes another step in his career, this time off the playing field, and puts his focus on young talents, with the hope that in the future they can become figures of world football.
What's next
The next phase should bring official updates, squad decisions, and a clearer picture of what this means on the pitch.