Hasn't Casillas been shite in Portugal since?
Some of Casillas' Porto appearances have been awful.
The Porto President allegedly slated Casillas' form back in March. Casillas has never been a great goalkeeper. He was, once, a fantastic shot stopper. Casillas has always flapped at crosses though. He has been
done for a while, and should never have gone to the 2014 World Cup.
Mourinho's falling out with Casillas was partly political, but the politics started with the football. Casillas could not give Mourinho what he wanted from a goalkeeper. Yet Casillas was too well connected at Madrid for Mourinho to sideline and control. With Casillas' direct line to the power brokers at the Bernabeu, he was always in a position to undermine Mou. The less Mou tolerated Casillas' poor form, the more he had to worry about Casillas trying to chip away at his authority. This whole thing about talking to the Barcelona players probably just underlined that in Mou's mind.
Its funny that Jose has never had these problems at clubs where he's in complete control. At Porto and Inter he is still loved. The Porto board was unhappy with the way Mou secretly negotiated to join Chelsea, but there were no major bust ups that I remember. Moratti's sister made clear that Inter would happily let Mou walk back into the club too. Mourinho only blows up where there's an Abramovich or a Perez figure interfering with him. At Man United, where the players can't go running to the Glazers' to complain about how he takes decisions, I am sure Mourinho will thrive.