Real Madrid’s ace goalkeeper Iker Casillas is all set to leave the club after spending 25 years. The Real Madrid captain will be heading for Portuguese side FC Porto this summer.
According to Spanish media, Casillas’ parents sounded furious in an interview. They blasted Real Madrid President Florentino Perez for not treating his son with respect even though he had served the club tirelessly for so many years.
They were quoted: “He [Pérez] never wanted him because he is short. He likes tall [goalkeepers]. He always had an obsession with getting Buffon. My Iker has had to put up with not what is written, he has endured a psychological pressure, he has been given different treatment to other players. He has been vilified for five years. It has all been very unfair and it has taken its toll on a mental level.”
“Florentino has some very ugly details in the closet. He has been very unkind to him and luckily my son has been very strong. It is Florentino who is at fault because my son wanted to retire at Madrid”.
“It has been orchestrated by Florentino with the support of several leading journalists in the media since 2010. For sure, if there are whistles at you from 1,000 guys at the Bernabéu and you ask your friends to up the volume so you can sell, it is not love. That is not right. It was a campaign of harassment and demolition.”
They further opined that FC Porto was similar to a Segunda Division B side. Iker Casillas surely deserved a better club. They even said that would not have mind if Casillas would have gone to arch rivals Barcelona.
His mother added: “It is a team [at the level of] the Segunda B [third tier of Spanish football] for a person at the level of Iker. A world champion cannot finish his career at Porto. He could have finished where he wanted to and he would not have minded if it had been at Barça because they are gentlemen.”