The Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas cannot play in the games that remain for Porto this season, in which he has already secured the title of League champion, because he has neither medical authorization nor a contract with the club, the coach said this Sunday. of the “dragons”, Sérgio Conceição. “Iker cannot play. I think he has no medical endorsement to play. And he has no contract with Porto, he finished.” Conceição exposed at a press conference.
However, the technician clarified that “it does not even have to do with it.” “You could even make a contract for a day or a month, but it has to do with the state of health. It is not possible,” he added.
The Porto coach responded this way when asked about the campaign launched by a group of fans for Casillas, 39, to play at least one minute in one of the two games that are missing to finish the championship.
Thus, he could celebrate being champion with the team on the field of play. “People who ask for that have no idea what is going on”Conceição, who wished the Spanish goalkeeper success in his future, who has speculated he could be at Real Madrid as an advisor to Florentino Pérez, has settled today.
“Iker was a very important player for us. If his return to Real Madrid is confirmed, he should be in very good health and be very strong for this new project”, Held.
The Spanish goalkeeper was registered by the club in the Portuguese national championship at the beginning of the season, when it was still unknown if he could play again, so the question was legally overriding whether it would be possible for Sérgio Conceição to let him play a minute before the end seasonal.
Casillas arrived in Porto in the summer of 2015 and in four seasons he added 156 games with the “dragons”, with whom he won a League and a Portuguese Super League, which would now be joined by another championship. On May 1, 2019, he suffered a heart attack in training and ended up ending his sports career as a player.