If a player is a free agent in the middle of a transfer window, it is usually because something is unattractive about them: for the most part, it will either be because they are no good or because of their age. Iker Casillas is 36 – old for a sportsperson but not necessarily scrapheap time where goalkeepers are concerned. Casillas ended his two years at Porto this summer after his contract expired, a moment he marked by posting a clip of him slowly walking into the sea. Presumably this was either a symbolic act representing his departure from Portuguese shores or a touching tribute to Reginald Perrin. Either way, it displayed that he is off to something new, and even at his advanced age he will be useful for someone, even if it is for his keen knowledge of 1970s British sitcoms.
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