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 organised 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.
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