Jose Mourinho has revealed that Iker Casillas “secretly” challenged his authority while they both worked together at Real Madrid.
Casillas spoke bluntly about Mourinho’s time in charge of Real Madrid during a recent interview, five years on from the Portuguese tactician becoming the first manager to drop the goalkeeper.
A broken hand in January 2013 ruled the Spanish shot-stopper out for two months and the club brought in Diego Lopez from Sevilla – the Madrid youth product subsequently kept his place even after Casillas returned to full fitness.
Mourinho departed at the end of the 2012-13 campaign, though Casillas remained the second choice to Lopez during the first year under successor Carlo Ancelotti.
Casillas said he would take “the bull by the horns and confront Mourinho” if he could have his time again, but also said that he hopes to avoid being drawn into a quarrel about the issue again, so as not to “stain the values of Real Madrid”.
However, the Manchester United head coach thinks he instigated the conflict behind the scenes, with reports at the time suggesting Casillas was leaking stories to the media.
“It seems like an interview with someone who is at the end of his career,” Mourinho told Record .
“But when it comes to me when he says he has never confronted me, that is not the truth. He did it in a way that no one does better than him; secretly.”
Mourinho is now in the Premier League with Manchester United, while Iker Casillas plays in the Primera Liga with FC Porto.
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