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Iker Casillas

Addickted2TheReds
Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,735
edited May 2019 in Other Football and Sports
Sky Sports News reporting that he has been hospitalised after suffering a suspected heart attack in training. :-(

Wishing him a speedy recovery. 

A true legend of the game.

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    Awful news, only 37 as well
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    Read that he's in a stable condition so hopefully not serious

    Certainly one of the greatest Goalkeepers of recent years
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,435
    There are loads of heart conditions that remain undetected - I would hope most footballers get thorough screening.

    I hope he gets better soon.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Reports say he had an operation and will be out for the rest of the season

    Surely if he has had a heart operation it would be to dangerous to play again
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    paulie8290 said:
    Reports say he had an operation and will be out for the rest of the season

    Surely if he has had a heart operation it would be to dangerous to play again
    Surely that depends on the condition and severity?
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    Dazzler is right.  Depends on the damage to the heart.  A friend of mine is in his early 50s and is still bike racing after a heart attack a couple of years ago.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    Not to mention he's a Goalkeeper

    Not saying they're fitness levels are lower than an outfield player but guess they have to cover a lot less ground over a game at a lot slower speed (running)
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,435
    Looks like the end of his career as he appears to have had a stent done.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    Has announced his Retirement from football

    Sensible decision but no way for one of the greatest Goalkeepers in recent years to bow out
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Has announced his Retirement from football

    Sensible decision but no way for one of the greatest Goalkeepers in recent years to bow out
    Yes, a terrible way for someone who played more than a 1000 games to bow out, though happily at least he seems to have made a decent recovery
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  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Has announced his Retirement from football

    Sensible decision but no way for one of the greatest Goalkeepers in recent years to bow out
    Aye, the best in the world at various points and the skipper for Spain teams that were some of the best to ever play the game. 

    Just glad he seems to be doing okay and has his health. His career had been in decline for a while, basically since Mourinho got ahold of him, but still, as you say, not the way you want to bow out.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    edited October 2022
    Seems to have just come out as gay via Twitter.



    You can only hope he is more comfortable being himself now. Much love Iker. 
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    SDAddick said:
    Seems to have just come out as gay via Twitter.



    You can only hope he is more comfortable being himself now. Much love Iker. 
    Tweet has been deleted and reports that it was a hoax are abound.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Pathetic if true, type of thing pissed 18 year olds do on their mate's phones, rather than something a grown man who should realise what effect it'll have should be doing.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,070
    He claims he was hacked, not sure why he would lie? Puyol also came out on Twitter, probably another hack. We live in a shitty time.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,443
    edited October 2022
    Did it as a poor joke. 

    Now backpedalling and pretending he was hacked. 

    Shows attitudes towards LGBT within football still isn't where it should be. 
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Apparently a joke.  What a pathetic & childish thing for a man in his 40's to do
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,070
    Puyol's message was it's time to tell out story Iker. It seems to be some adolescence joke.

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