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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has been filmed admitting Iker Casillas had endured all he could stomach at the club.

The Real Madrid president has been caught on camera revealing that the goalkeeper left for Porto because he could take no more criticism at the Bernabeu

The iconic goalkeeper ended a 25-year stay at the Santiago Bernabeu last week when he confirmed a move to Porto.

A five-time Liga winner who helped Madrid to three Champions League crowns, Casillas had faced heavy criticism since he was dropped by then-Madrid coach Jose Mourinho in 2012.

“He wanted to leave because he'd had a gut full,” Perez was overheard saying at Casillas’ hastily organised farewell event on Monday. 

The ceremony arrived just 24 hours after the club faced criticism from sections of supporters for initiallyleaving Casillas alone in the press room to read a brief statement confirming his exit.

Perez and Madrid have maintained that the decision to leave the club was Casillas’s alone, but Santos Marquez, one of those at the heart of the deal that took the goalkeeper to Portugal, insists that the World Cup winner was forced out of the club.

“Casillas never decided to jump ship and leave Real. He was pushed,” Marquez told MARCA. 

“Six years ago, when the likes of Guti and Raul were there, he was already condemned. He is the captain, he was condemned.

"In no moment did I hear Rafa Benítez say, 'I want or I don't want Casillas.'"