Former Barcelona captain Xavi Hernandez hit out on Tuesday at Real Madrid for the “lame” way they handled the departure of their star goalkeeper, his friend Iker Casillas. “
To me, his departure from Real Madrid stinks. It’s a pity. It seems lame,” Xavi wrote in an open letter published in the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia.
“How can you not appreciate Iker?” Xavi added. “For me he is the most decisive goalkeeper in history.” Casillas, 34, announced his decision to leave for Portuguese side FC Porto after 25 years with his boyhood club in a tearful solitary press conference on Sunday, following a brief statement by Real Madrid.
The club’s president Florentino Perez then moved to quash talk of bad blood between Madrid and Casillas by summoning the outgoing captain to appear with him at a surprise tribute at the Santiago Bernabeu on Monday.
The rushed departure contrasted with the mass tributes organized by Barcelona for Xavi when he left Barca for Qatari side Al-Sadd at the end of last season. “I consider myself a fortunate exception, but Iker deserved the same treatment he always gave to others,” Xavi wrote.
Casillas and Xavi, 35, are childhood friends and former brothers-in-arms in the Spain squad that won the 2010 World Cup and the last two European Championships.
Whatevur! Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
ReplyDeleteAbeg bros,,u self left Barcelona,,casilas made his choice,,it was hard but I think is time for him to move on rather than play second choice goal keeper..
ReplyDeleteNawa for you olovo xavi is not de only person to say that anyway that na their bizness
ReplyDeleteIt's true.. I'm a Madrid fan and I expected more from them
ReplyDeleteAbeg what do u expect before wen he's nt performing
ReplyDeleteIsah somebody that have been with them for 25years what are you saying what de did is wrong young man
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ReplyDeleteIt's time to go Iker. Even if they don't recognise,i lov ur speech anyway... even if they can't remember u as good or bad keeper,they shld atleast remember you as a good person! I love. Arsenal cos they can never treat their legend like that. #COYG
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