“After so much time here, I can say that it’s a very human club, very much like a family. And that always starts at the top. The way Florentino Pérez welcomed me from day one, the way he’s always spoken to me… But not just me, every time he goes into the dressing room. It’s something you can see from the outside too. He conveys something very human, and I’ve always valued that a lot about this club. I’ve been in many different dressing rooms here, many players have left and others have arrived, but that hasn’t changed. I’ve felt very comfortable at this club, very protected in difficult times, because we’ve experienced them too. And that’s what made it special. That’s also why this ending, because we wanted to say goodbye at the top.”