Carles Puyol has moved to apologise for his reply to Iker Casillas, after the Real Madrid legend tweeted that he was gay.
The Spanish goalkeeper later deleted the tweet and claimed he had been hacked, but not before Carles Puyol engaged with him on social media and joked about their relationship. The Barcelona legend replied: "The time has come to tell our story, Iker" with pictures of them celebrating together.
It saw Puyol and Casillas come in for huge criticism and the former has since apologised for any hurt he caused. The former defender said: "I have made a mistake. Sorry for a clumsy joke with no bad intentions and totally out of place. I understand that it may have hurt sensitivities. All my respect and support for the LGTBIQA+ community."
