Santos Márquez, one of the men at the centre of Casillas's move to Porto, has given his version of events.

Talking on Radio MARCA's programme, 'Intermedio', Márquez assured that Casillas didn't leave 'Los Blancos' of his own free will, but was forced out.

"Casillas never decided to jump ship and leave Real; he was pushed. Six years ago, when the likes of Guti and Raúl were there, he was already condemned. He is the captain, he was condemned", Santos Márquez said. "In no moment did I hear Rafa Benítez say I want or I don't want Casillas", he added.

Márquez also accused Real Madrid of not wanting the team to bid farewell to the goalkeeper and according to him, in order to avoid it, they put off the agreement. "It was a case of waiting until the team left so that they couldn't say goodbye to Iker, of that I am quite sure", he assured.