“Getafe is always my first choice”

The new goalkeeper Getafe Kiko Casilla He said this Thursday, in his presentation as azulón player, that the team led by Quique Sánchez Flores is always his “first choice”. “These are very nervous days, my first choice is always Getafe”, declared the 35-year-old goalkeeper.

Casilla appeared with Rubén Reyes, Getafe sports director, and commented that the club had been interested “for a long time”, that the wait was “quite long” and that “I wish it had been done sooner”.

Regarding the doubts about his physical preparation, the goalkeeper born in Alver (Tarragona) was clear and said that he promises “work and work”, that he did not come to “be calm”. “I will leave my soul,” he clarified.

“Getafe is a team with a long history, established in the first division and with an ambition that I liked. What we want is to be the best possible, hopefully it will be a very good year”, said Casilla about the azulón team.

Regarding his new teammates, the goalkeeper said that Getafe’s dressing room “is very similar to Elche’s, a healthy and competitive team” and added that he will have to “live with them”, but at first glance “the feelings are positive” .

“I don’t know them but we are already talking. We goalkeepers are more special, we have to understand each other, obviously it will be a healthy competition and then the coach will decide”, said Getafe’s new signing about his goal mates David Soria and Diego Conde.

“I’m always open to help”, concluded the goalkeeper trained in the lower category of Real Madrid.

The sports director, Rubén Reyes, said that they consider Casilla a goalkeeper who “meets all the conditions to fill the position, like the other two goalkeepers” in the squad.

Regarding the squad, Reyes declared that there will be “more additions for sure”, with missing players from “above, a center back and a left back” and added that he is “happy with the work that is done” and that in passing matches , you will see “a Getafe of a very good level”.