FC Porto offers highest salary ever to Iker Casillas

FC Porto has offered Iker Casillas the highest salary ever in the history of the domestic Portuguese league. According to the national daily, Diario de Noticias, the Liga NOS club have offered the player a salary of €210,000 net per month. This still falls short of his potential earnings if he were to remain at Real Madrid. The goalkeeper is set to earn €7.5 million for the 2015-16 season and €7 million the following if he decides to stay at the Bernabeu.

FC Porto's Official Announcement

FC Porto is hoping to officially announce the Casillas signing this Thursday, which would mark the end of negotiations that have been going on for over two months and were instigated by Porto's Spanish coach, Julen Lopetegui. It was the former Real Madrid goalkeeper who saw the potential once he was made aware of Real Madrid's interest in signing David De Gea.

The Role of Manchester United and Sergio Ramos

A key factor in Casillas' move is the question of Manchester United selling De Gea to Madrid. That particular deal has hit an impasse due to the English club's insistence that any deal for De Gea would also require Madrid selling Sergio Ramos to the Premier League club.