Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Real Madrid, and Casillas was pushed out of the club - Iker Casillas' agent
Iker Casillas ' agent, Santos Marquez, believes that Cristiano
Ronaldo 's decision to sell his image rights to a company owned by Valencia president Peter Lim suggests that the forward is set to leave Real Madrid .
Ronaldo is under contract until 2018 but raised eyebrows on June 29 when he announced that he had signed a deal with Mint Media.
Marquez believes that the agreement is bad news for Los Blancos, as
he is viewing it as a sign that the Portugal international is
dissatisfied with club president Florentino Perez and is now preparing
his Madrid exit.
"One day [Perez] will need to explain why Cristiano works for another company outside of Real Madrid," the agent told AS.
"Imagine Cristiano generating €40 million elsewhere and giving it to Peter Lim, Valencia’s owner. It ends up in Valencia’s coffers and that’s deplorable...
"Will anyone speak out and ask Florentino why Cristiano has sold his image rights to Peter Lim?
"That’s not normal; it suggests that Cristiano is planning to leave."
Marquez then launched a savage attack on Perez's handling of Casillas' Madrid departure.
Academy product Casillas was left sitting all alone at a press conference at the Santiago Bernabeu last Sunday as he brought the curtain down on a 25-year association with Los Blancos by announcing his decision to join Porto.
After being heavily criticised for his absence, Perez organised a hastily arranged send-off ceremony the following day and stated during the proceedings that it had been Casillas' desire to depart.
However, Marquez has accused the Blancos supremo of spinning a web of lies in relation to the manner of his client's exit.
"Iker never wanted to leave," the agent added. "He said that he never wanted to leave and that he could never ask to be Madrid’s first choice goalkeeper, that he had two years left on his contract and that he would have liked to end his playing career at Madrid.
"He was happy and Madrid is his home but they didn’t want him...
"Three weeks ago [new coach Rafa] Benitez came along and the club started going crazy about signing [Manchester United No.1 David] De Gea and said what a great goalkeeper Keylor [Navas] is.
"That was a lack of respect towards Iker. He couldn’t ignore it. There is a before and an after to all of this. Benitez is not to blame; it was all orchestrated.
"[Perez] hasn’t uttered one single truth in years. What he says is his truth, and that is the same as preaching.
"He kicked out the best people he has ever known. Everyone must realise that. It all turned ugly for [Fernando] Hierro, Raul, [Vicente] Del Bosque...
"There’s something not right about that. It’s as though everyone at this club is wrong and he never is.
"Madrid was always characterised as being a club which was owned by its club members but he has turned it into a serfdom.
"Those statutes he put in so that he can perpetually be president....
"He’s set it all up so that the others are slaves and cannot act as the club members. They have to shut up and pay up.
"Florentino will eventually have to leave Madrid as a result of the Casillas saga. I don’t know when that will happen but it will."
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Ronaldo is under contract until 2018 but raised eyebrows on June 29 when he announced that he had signed a deal with Mint Media.
"One day [Perez] will need to explain why Cristiano works for another company outside of Real Madrid," the agent told AS.
"Imagine Cristiano generating €40 million elsewhere and giving it to Peter Lim, Valencia’s owner. It ends up in Valencia’s coffers and that’s deplorable...
"Will anyone speak out and ask Florentino why Cristiano has sold his image rights to Peter Lim?
"That’s not normal; it suggests that Cristiano is planning to leave."
Marquez then launched a savage attack on Perez's handling of Casillas' Madrid departure.
Academy product Casillas was left sitting all alone at a press conference at the Santiago Bernabeu last Sunday as he brought the curtain down on a 25-year association with Los Blancos by announcing his decision to join Porto.
After being heavily criticised for his absence, Perez organised a hastily arranged send-off ceremony the following day and stated during the proceedings that it had been Casillas' desire to depart.
However, Marquez has accused the Blancos supremo of spinning a web of lies in relation to the manner of his client's exit.
"Iker never wanted to leave," the agent added. "He said that he never wanted to leave and that he could never ask to be Madrid’s first choice goalkeeper, that he had two years left on his contract and that he would have liked to end his playing career at Madrid.
"He was happy and Madrid is his home but they didn’t want him...
"Three weeks ago [new coach Rafa] Benitez came along and the club started going crazy about signing [Manchester United No.1 David] De Gea and said what a great goalkeeper Keylor [Navas] is.
"That was a lack of respect towards Iker. He couldn’t ignore it. There is a before and an after to all of this. Benitez is not to blame; it was all orchestrated.
"[Perez] hasn’t uttered one single truth in years. What he says is his truth, and that is the same as preaching.
"He kicked out the best people he has ever known. Everyone must realise that. It all turned ugly for [Fernando] Hierro, Raul, [Vicente] Del Bosque...
"There’s something not right about that. It’s as though everyone at this club is wrong and he never is.
"Madrid was always characterised as being a club which was owned by its club members but he has turned it into a serfdom.
"Those statutes he put in so that he can perpetually be president....
"He’s set it all up so that the others are slaves and cannot act as the club members. They have to shut up and pay up.
"Florentino will eventually have to leave Madrid as a result of the Casillas saga. I don’t know when that will happen but it will."
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