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Casillas: Madrid Owes Players A Send-off Like Arbeloa's

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Written By: Famzn News

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Former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas insists every player thereΒ deserves a send-off like the one given to Alvaro Arbeloa.

Arbeloa is set to depart the Bernabeu at the end of the season after a seven-year spell - one in which heΒ helpedΒ his boyhood clubΒ to domestic and European success along the way.

The 33-year-old was treated to aΒ huge reception from the MadridΒ faithful and a warm send-off from his team-mates after their 3-2 home win over Valencia on Sunday.

Arbeloa's send-off was a stark contrast to that of Casillas', who was given just a press conference to say goodbyeΒ after his 25-year stint at the club came to an end last season.

And the Porto custodian has called for equal treatment for other squad members in aΒ thinly-veiled dig at his former club in the process.


"Every player that plays at Real Madrid deserves these kind of goodbyes, with their team-mates, with the fans," Casillas said in a video posted on Facebook.

"I'm grateful for everything he has given the team and I wish him all the best ahead of this new chapter in his life.

"Alvaro was a product of the youth academy and had to go elsewhere to prove he had the necessary quality to return and play for Real Madrid."

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