Former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas withdraws his candidacy from the election of the new president of the Royal Football Federation of Spain. The goalkeeper announced this on his Twitter.

" Elections should be held on August 17. Without Casillas, the only candidate for president will be the current head of the organization, Luis Rubiales..

Earlier it was reported that Casillas told the president of “Port”, with whom he has a contract, which completes the career of a football player.

In the spring of 2019, Casillas suffered a heart attack during a training session at Porto. He was operated on..

In November of that year, he resumed training.