• Casemiro signing, 70 million legend: this is the official agreement between Real Madrid and Manchester United

Monday of tears in the sports city of

Valdebebas

, where Carlos Henrique

Casemiro

, "

Real Madrid legend ", as

Florentino Pérez

assured

, said goodbye to the managers, employees, footballers and coaches of the white team before flying to

Manchester

for his presentation as

United

's new player

.

"Wanted to...".

The emotion surpassed the former Madrid player in the first word.

He burst into tears

and had to calm down for a couple of minutes before beginning the speech.

"I would not want...".

She tried to say, before falling back into nervousness and tears.

"As you know,

I don't like the spotlight and being in the spotlight

... I'll try to speak from the heart. When my wife and I arrived here we didn't know anyone, we were going to a new country, to a club where a lot of people didn't know us... .And here we have built our life, our family."

Seated,

Florentino and Ancelotti watched the midfielder, visibly moved

.

The technician even saw some tears.

There were also

Fede Valverde and Odriozola

, teammates,

Raúl González and Álvaro Arbeloa

, youth coaches, and

Emilio Butragueño

.

"The youth academy is the most beautiful thing about this club. It is the future," he defended, recalling his time at Castilla after being signed from Sao Paulo.

The Brazilian says "goodbye" after

18 titles

.

5 Champions, 3 Leagues, 3 European Super Cups, 1 Copa del Rey, 3 Club World Cups and 3 Spanish Super Cups.

"I have won many titles, but the biggest title is training here every day."

But, above all, Casemiro has won after almost a decade of "

dying in every game and giving everything for the club shirt

".

This is how the president summed it up, with a broken voice for having to say goodbye to "

one of ours

".

"

I will be eternally grateful to you, president

," the footballer told him.

The memory of Modric and Kroos

Casemiro remembered his teammates, but he had special words for two of them.

how not

"Football is played with a squad of 25 players, but I can't forget two.

Luka Modric and Toni Kroos

. For me they are... We have achieved many things, I have enjoyed football with them. But President, Madrid will always It has the best players, it will continue to win, it is the identity of this club and this city.

With you ahead, this club will continue to have a future

and will continue to win," he told Florentino again.

Even before leaving Valdebebas, Casemiro already announced his return: "

I want to make it clear that one day I will surely return

to show the love you have given me and continue helping. I am sure that everything I have learned here will strengthen me to continue my trajectory in a great club".

Florentino: "You have earned the right to decide"

In exchange, Madrid will receive

70 million euros and another 15

that could come in variables, but it loses "one of our great references", a "special" footballer who is "part of the answer to the questions of how Madrid is able to do what he does," Pérez said.

"

I remember that kid who arrived at Castilla

in January 2013. You helped us keep the team in the Second Division and then you became part of the first team. I will always remember those 20 minutes in Dortmund that were key on the way to the Tenth".

"You have become a myth," added Florentino, who lived "an exciting day, also for me. I honestly tell you that I did not think that this day could come."

For the president, Casemiro has been "

a father to young people

, a Madrid legend, exemplary until the last day, also at the moment of farewell.

You have earned the right to decide

. I still remember when you told me that you only wanted me to They will let you play five games in a row to show your quality. And look, in the end there have been 18 titles".

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