Casillas is expected in Porto management

Casillas is expected in Porto management

The Real Madrid legend and Porto fan favorite, Iker Casillas will join the Portuguese club management.

On May the 1st this year the World Champion and a winner of various awards Iker Casillas had a heart attack. Good thing everything ended positively and five days later already, the goalkeeper was released from a hospital, insisting on soon retirement.

The footballer thought about hanging his gloves on a nail, but soon reconsidered. The club acted nobly and offered him a post of a mediator between players, coaches and management, considering his work experience in Real Madrid and Porto structure knowledge from within.

Therefore Casillas decided to accept the Dragons’ offer and will soon take the managerial post with the Portuguese giants,

“I will do what I have never done before. I will try to provide connection between players and the club management. The manager talked to me last season, when all that happened to me and said that he would like me to stay with them, together with players, with youth, because the team will have several changes.

I will do everything to help my friends. Together we will be able to win the championship, the cups and show a good result in the European cups.”

Last season Porto did not manage to take the championship in Portugal letting Benfica from Lisbon pass them by two points. The Dragons were not lucky in the cup as well, as in the final they were defeated by Sporting Lisbon. The team advanced to quarter-finals in the Champions League, from where they were eliminated by Liverpool, just like last season.

In the summer transfer window, the club signed Ze Luis, Luis Diaz and Shoya Nakajima, whereas losing Eder Militao, Felipe and Oliver Torres. Therefore, Casillas will have to conduct a considerable amount of work in order to adapt newcomers to the team, making the conditions most convenient for them at Dragao.