Numerous voices from across the Barcelona-Real Madrid rivalry agree on one thing: Iker Casillas should not have had to leave Los Blancos the way he did.
The legendary goalkeeper bid an emotional farewell to his boyhood club in July 2015 before joining Porto.
"I will never forget you, and be sure that wherever I go I will keep shouting 'Hala Madrid'. I'm not going to say goodbye because I'm sure there will be more to come," said Casillas.
"See you soon and my very best wishes. It's over."
In his recent Movistar documentary, 'Colgar las Alas', Casillas and other football figures reflect on that cold goodbye.
"The departure of a player who has been at a club 25 years, especially at Real Madrid, cannot be like that. I think both sides got it wrong," said Casillas.
"Myself for my desire to leave immediately, the club perhaps for not being ready. Personally, every time I see it, I feel bad."
The former goalkeeper's longtime rival Xavi also felt things should have been done a little differently.
"It sucked for him, to be honest," said Xavi.
"Not going out the backdoor exactly, but the whole thing was a little soulless."
Xavi's midfield partner Andres Iniesta agreed that it wasn't done properly.
"For me it wasn't a farewell befitting Iker Casillas," said Iniesta.
Gerard Pique, meanwhile, held the affair up as an example of how cruel football can be.
"He ended up leaving the club in a way that will also go down in history and that shows that in football people have short memories and everything is very fleeting," said Pique.
Even Jose Mourinho, who famously didn't have the best of relationships with Casillas, felt the manner of his departure was unfair.
"It was an ugly and undeserved exit," said Mourinho.
Former Real Madrid player Jorge Valdano also chimed in.
"He should have departed in a way that fitted Iker Casillas, not like any old exile," said Valdano.