Courtois failed to show up for a planned meeting with manager Maurizio Sarri on Monday as the player and club reached a stand-off over his future at Stamford Bridge.
And the 26-year-old will not attend training this morning, waiting for Chelsea to make their move on decided his future after making it clear he wants out this summer.
The Belgian international, voted the best keeper at the World Cup, told Sarri last week that he did not want to sign the new deal on offer from Chelsea and wanted to quit this month.
The Italian is then understood to have told the keeper that he does not want him round his squad if he has anything less than total commitment to the club.
Real have put what they consider to be a fair bid on the table, understood to be in excess of £35million, but the Blues have so far refused to do business.
SunSport understands they are looking for the European champions to pay as much as £50m, even though the Courtois is out of contract next summer and will be a free agent.
Until late last week Chelsea believed they could persuaded Courtois to sign a new long-term contract with the club – but he has told them the decision is not about money but instead about his desire to live near his young children.
With Courtois remaining in Belgium instead of returning to London, that message now looks to have finally got through the the Blues board, who have belatedly started to step up their interest in finding a replacement before the transfer window closes on Thursday.
Stoke's England keeper Jack Butland has emerged as a leading candidate to come in, with a deal around £25m in the pipeline.
But Chelsea have also shown a late interest in Athletic Bilbao's highly-rated young stopper Kepa – who at one stage looked to be on the way to Real himself earlier in the year.
The 23-year-old rejected the chance to move to Madrid, preferring instead to stay in Bilbao because he wanted to ensure he was playing regularly and continuing his development.
While Real's offer was only to see him rival Keylor Navas for the first team spot, Chelsea would be hanging out the chance to be first choice at Stamford Bridge which may be more attractive to the Spanish international.
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