Iker Casillas- Real Madrid to Arsenal
Casillas has been a huge figure in the Real Madrid dressing room, one of the first names on the team sheet for whoever has been manager at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, that changed last summer when he fell out with then manager Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese coach kept Casillas on the bench, preferring to use Diego Lopez in goal. When Mourinho was replaced with Carlo Ancelotti, it was thought that Casillas would be re-instated as Madrid’s number one. However, that didn’t happen, with Ancelotti leaving Casillas on the bench for Madrid’s first league game of the season. Speculation is now mounting that Casillas will look to move away from the Bernabeu in search of first team football that he may not get if he stays at Madrid.
Casillas is still Spain’s number one goalkeeper and he won’t want to lose that spot in a World Cup year. Arsenal are reportedly monitoring Casillas’s situation at Madrid and the Gunners will make a move for the Spaniard if he announces his intention to leave. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been on the look out for an experienced goalkeeper all summer long and their aren’t many better than Casillas, even if he can’t get into the Madrid team.