Iker Casillas to Retire

Casillas has just announced on his official facebook page that this will be his final year. A big shock, I thought he'd play for much longer. Hugely respect the man, he's a wonderful keeper. Wish him the best with the rest of his life. I wonder who will replace him??

Quiero anunciar desde aquí, mi Facebook oficial, que finalizo mi carrera en mi club este año que acaba, para afrontar nuevos retos fuera de el. He vivido momentos maravillosos que espero que continúen en mi futuro mas cercano. En las próximas horas os contare mas detalles. Gracias por estar ahí siempre!!
I wish to announce here, my official Facebook, that ended my career in my club this year just, to face new challenges outside of the. I have lived wonderful moments that I hope to continue in my future more close. In the coming hours I will tell you more details. Thanks for always being there!

Update! Its just a little prank he has played for 'Dia de los Inocentes', the Spanish April Fool's Day.

OMFG

Are you trolling?

Didn't Khaled say something about the Spanish April Fool or something?

.......I just saw his FB its real.

i think it s a joke.. not sure since i dont know spanish but the comments on that page all say nice joke iker n all, plus i googled iker casillas for any news and nothing came up


if this turns out to be true than it ll be unthinkable of course..

kiranr wrote:Didn't Khaled say something about the Spanish April Fool or something?

Is there such thing?

I seriously hope he is joking

What a shock... I hope Flo/Mou/any of his teammates tries to change his mind

This is some kind of prank I’m sure…

yeah its a joke guys.. al l the comments say april fool..hopefully

Don't want to take this post seriously, he's still one of the best player in the world and probably one of the few legendary player still playing, alongside Buffon, Giggs, Seedorf, and Xavi.

I think it would be a bit of a heavy 'prank'... I'd say its serious.

It is strange though.

Khaledbarca wrote:hahahaha

Latest Rumours: Barcelona and Chelsea have agreed on a swap of Torres and B-players Montoya, Sergi Roberto, Cuenca.[md]


i won't swap Torres for any of the B-Team players !!

note: it's "dia de los santos inocentes" today, the spanish equivalent to "april fool's day" in other parts of the world

This was Khaled's post in the Barca section.

Somewhere at sometime Huntsman will be getting a premature ejaculation upon reading this.

In Spain, contrary to what happens in many other places around the world…just to be a bit different, we do not celebrate April’s Fool on the 1st of April, our equivalent is the 28th of December, the Innocent Saints Day (Fiesta de los Santos Inocentes), a festivity that remembers the children killed by King Herod when he order the slaughter of all male infants in Judea trying to kill Jesus when he was still a baby as he had heard a prophecy stating that a new King was born (Joseph, Mary and Jesus had fled to Egypt and were able to escape from the massacre)
April’s Fool Day is really a French tradition that apparently started in 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII changed the calendar from the Julian version to the Gregorian version. Under the Julian calendar, the New Year used to start on the 25th of March and lasted for a week of festivities. The French decided to move New Year’s Day (not a week) to the 1st of January. Many people did not believe that those changes were made and they were called “fools”. The French called it “Le poisson d’avril” as a typical prank is to tape a picture of a fish (poisson) on the back of a victim. Everybody will cry “poisson d’avril” when the victim discovers the prank.
In the UK, it took a bit longer to adopt this custom, but then it spread throughout many other countries.
As I said, in Spain the equivalent happens on the 28th of December and the victim of a prank or hoax is called “inocente”. Even the Spanish TV and Radio make crazy announcements such as a UFO landing on the Royal Palace or a minister running away with the wife of an opposition member…. the sky is the limit. These pranks are called “inocentadas”



It is a joke WHEW.

I guess no one here has heard of dia de los santos day?

I was a victim of it this morning

Senor Penguin wrote:Somewhere at sometime Huntsman will be getting a premature ejaculation upon reading this.

lol....Lets say if it's true that he retires this season, then who do you think can fill his boot.

...lol, apologies for the heart attacks guys.

BarcaKizz wrote:...lol, apologies for the heart attacks guys.

You cut off 3 years of my life lol.

Seriously I was feeling sad after seeing that

Iker is staying until he is 40 man

Considering half of his fans aren't Spanish and have no idea about this day... that was a mean prank to pull lol

Casillas doesn't age.
He'll never retire

Seriously no one used this yet?

Iker deceived me

I know most of you were suffering for some minutes

Zealous wrote:Seriously no one used this yet?

Iker deceived me

I wish I was in 2012 so I could tell you that's soooooooooooooo 2011. :lucas:

Glad to hear this is just a joke, I was shocked.