As per Marca, the experienced defender decided to leave Madrid and came to an agreement with Al-Quadsiah. The Spaniard will sign a two-year deal worth 10 million euros net per season with the newly promoted Saudi club. Since his contract with Los Blancos has expired, Nacho will join his new club as a free agent.Fernández will be remembered as Real’s loyal and universal soldier in Madrid, Spain, and the football world. He was never too proud to sit on the bench, always ready to cover any position necessary, and always completed all the tasks without questioning them. Whether he was the fourth centre-back in the hierarchy or a willy-nilly right or left back, he played everything that was required of him and contributed greatly to Real’s successes over the recent years.Nacho is set to join Saudi’s Al QadsiahAfter 23 years at the club, Nacho is set to leave Real Madrid as the most decorated 🏆player ever in history. pic.twitter.com/EZIUWii5Qa— SimplyGoal (@SimplyGoal) June 23, 2024 Nacho grew up at Real. He has been in the club for 23 years, moved through all the youth categories on his way to the first team and patiently waited for his chance for years. Always in the shadow of more famous names, he played the most matches last season since he joined Real – 45. He played 12 out of 13 games in the Champions League and did an excellent job against the best strikers in the world at the moment – Erling Haaland and Harry Kane, but he was also lucky that Éder Militão and David Alaba missed most of the season due to injuries and made room for him in the starting 11.Can Real keep their golden substitute?Even Carlo Ancelotti advised him to think twice and stay at Santiago Bernabeu, but he decided to leave the club where he spent his entire career after almost two and a half decades. European clubs such as Roma, Inter Milan and Villarreal, the American Inter Miami, and other Saudi clubs like Al Nassr and Al-Ittihad were also interested, but Al-Quadsiah’s manager, Míchel, played the key role. The former Real legend and Nacho’s compatriot persuaded the 34-year-old to embrace the challenge in the new Saudi project.##NAJAVA_MECA_8173679##Significant funds had been invested in Al-Quadsiah and the club easily won the Saudi Arabian second league – Division 1. Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler started the previous season on the bench, but didn’t last long and was replaced by Míchel who led Sevilla, Marseille, Olympiacos, and Getafe among others, in his career.There are several somewhat known names in the Saudi side’s squad, like Luciano Vietto, Mbaye Diagne, André Carrillo, and two compatriots – Joel Robles and Álvaro González – are also waiting for Nacho in the city of Khobar. The newest additions to the squad are Belgian goalkeeper Koen Casteels, whose contract with Wolfsburg expired, and Julián Quiñones, the forward who joined the club from the Mexican side Club América for 15 million euros. The transfer of the Uruguayan Nahitan Nández is expected to be finalized in the following days.23 years at Real Madrid. 26 trophies won. Club captain. Real Madrid legend. Made in Madrid. Gracias, Nacho Fernández Iglesias. pic.twitter.com/SdrfL5YBJH— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) June 22, 2024 Nacho played 364 games for Real, scoring 16 goals, and won everything there is to win: six Champions Leagues, four La Liga titles, five FIFA Club World Cups, Supercopa de España four times and Copa del Rey two times. Last season, he lifted three trophies as Los Blancos skipper.Real will now step up their efforts to bring talented French centre-back Leny Yoro from Lille, who they see as Nacho’s successor. Luka Modrić will become the team’s new captain, while Dani Carvajal will be the vice-captain. Lucas Vázquez and Federico Valverde are supposed to be the third and fourth skippers.
