Iker Casillas perceived to come out as gay on Twitter, sooner than then deleting his message.
The Real Madrid and Spain legend put out a brief post at the social media platform on Sunday afternoon.
It learn: “I hope you respect me: I’m gay.”
Although fierce competitors at the pitch, Barcelona legend Carlos Puyol perceived to tweet a message of toughen. He stated: “The time has come to tell our story, Iker.”
However, Spanish e-newsletter AS declare he has posted this as some way for the tabloids to prevent writing about his private lifestyles.
The former goalkeeper then due to this fact deleted the tweet.
Casillas showed he had cut up from his spouse – sports activities journalist Sara Carbonero – in March 2021 after 5 years of marriage, they have got two kids in combination.
Last month, he rubbished rumours that he used to be relationship Gerard Pique’s former spouse Shakira.
He shared pictures of reports articles on Instagram and stated: “Touch your nose. OMG [Oh My God].”
The 41-year-old performed 725 occasions for Real Madrid, successful 19 trophies in his time on the Bernabeu, which additionally integrated 3 Champions League titles.
He left the membership in 2015 to enroll in Porto, taking part in 156 occasions for the Portuguese membership.
In May 2019, he suffered a middle assault in coaching and in the end ended in his retirement as a participant.
He used to be additionally a part of the Spain facet that received back-to-back European Championships and the World Cup, successful 167 caps.