This article contains adult content that may be inappropriate for minors. Please confirm that you are 18 years or older to continue. This article contains images or details that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Álvaro Arbeloa is not at Real Madrid to make friends. Nor is he there to preserve the old guard. At least, that’s what comes across almost every time he speaks. This time, the current coach of the merengues decided to contradict something that many considered a settled fact: there has never been a better goalkeeper in Real Madrid's history than Iker Casillas. In the lead-up to the match against Elche, the former defender of the merengues was asked about a complimentary statement made about Courtois, and he immediately smiled at the question but did not shy away. "I played with some of the best goalkeepers in the world, who were even considered the best in football history. But I’ve said it before: what I see Courtois do, I’ve never seen anyone else achieve. Therefore, for me, there’s no debate with any other goalkeeper: with Courtois, we are facing the best goalkeeper in Real Madrid's history," he argued. In other words, despite having shared the locker room with the former Porto goalkeeper, Arbeloa places Courtois ahead of a goalkeeper who was central to winning five league titles and three Champions League titles for Real Madrid.
And Casillas Real Madrid remains central to this story.
And Casillas Real Madrid remains central to this story.
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