The Galician goalkeeper is unhappy at being
dispensed with as the club opt to put their faith
in the captain and summer signing Keylor Navas
for the coming campaign.
Diego Lopez is furious at being forced out of Real
Madrid this summer and has told club directors:
"I'm the best goalkeeper here and you know it."
Signed by former coach Jose Mourinho after Iker
Casillas was injured in January of last year, the
Galician remained first choice for the remainder of
the 2012-13 season, before sharing the
responsibilities with the club captain last term.
Lopez then rejected a move to Monaco last
summer in order to fight for his place at Madrid
and was rewarded as he was chosen by
goalkeeping coach Villiam Vecchi as the man to
start in La Liga in 2013-14.
But Madrid came third in the Primera Division,
while winning the two competitions in which
Casillas started - the Copa del Rey and the
Champions League.
Nevertheless, Iker's poor performances at the
World Cup gave Lopez renewed hope he would be
first choice in the coming campaign and the
Galician was prepared for a three-way fight for a
starting spot with Casillas and summer signing
Keylor Navas.
Lopez's agent, Manuel Garcia Quillon, has
insisted that his client will stay at Madrid, but the
club have other ideas and alarms bells sounded
for the 32-year-old as he was surprisingly
substituted at half-time for youngster Jesus
Fernandez (who has since moved to Levante) in
the Champions Cup against Inter last week.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti later confirmed that Casillas
will start in the Uefa Super Cup against Sevilla on
Tuesday and Lopez was told he has no future at
the Spanish side.
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