Alvaro Arbeloa will be playing his last game at the Santiago Bernabeu as a Real Madrid player this weekend and it was previously announced by the club that they will organize him a tribute.

However, before the game, Jose Mourinho, whom Arbeloa played under during the last seven years, wrote an open letter in which he highly praises the right-back. For the Spaniard, this season will be the end of a seven-year period at Real Madrid, which started in 2009.

“Arbeloa is a friend, not just a player for me. Why does a player become a friend? By becoming an example of passion for his profession, of love for his club, of dedication to a working group and its objectives, humility and honor in the relationship with all those who work with him every day. In the history of our huge club it will be many of the best players in the world. Arbeloa does not have a high profile, but he is certainly one of those who has given Real Madrid, its fans, all his coaches and his teammates all he had and what he had not. Arbeloa, I have only words of thanks. In my 16 years of coaching I have, surely, you placed on the podium of the most important players with whom I have worked. A good player and an exceptional man.”

Despite not being the most technical one, or the most gifted one, Arbeloa has still stood out as a player who has a heart of a champion.