During an even at his football academy, the Spain and Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba spoke about Iker Casillas’ recent departure from Real Madrid.
“Everyone respects him,” he said. “I don’t want to get involved with things about a team that isn’t mine, but Iker has done enough to deserve the respect of absolutely everyone. Maybe Madrid did it differently because they hadn’t won any trophies. The season before last we didn’t win anything, but this year Xavi left the club in a different way. At Barcelona things would’ve been done differently. Iker is respected by every player and every club. You’d have to ask them why they did it like that, but that's not my business,” he said.