Kiko Casilla says promotion to the Premier League with Leeds United would be more special than winning the Champions League.
Kiko Casilla has told The Yorkshire Evening Post that winning promotion with Leeds United would rank higher on his list of achievements than winning the Champions League.
Leeds pulled off quite a coup in January by signing the 32-year-old goalkeeper from Real Madrid.
Casilla, a one-time Spain international, has won Europe’s greatest prize on three occasions with the Madrid giants.
The Elland Road club, absent from the top flight since 2004, celebrates its 100th birthday this year, and Casilla can’t think of a better way to mark the occasion than restoring their Premier League status.
“It would mean more than winning the Champions League. It’s the objective we have and this is why I am here,” he told The Yorkshire Evening Post.
“I want to help the team and help Leeds get back where they belong. To get this achievement for the centenary year of the club would be the perfect moment for me to go to the Premier League.”
They’re big words from Casilla and ones that will further endear him to Leeds supporters.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side are third in the Championship but, with United only two points behind leaders Norwich with a game in hand, automatic promotion is in Leeds’ hands.
The Whites, who beat Bolton this past weekend, face QPR on Tuesday.
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