Diego López: "Things are going well for me here; there's no reason to leave"

Diego López has expressed his desire to stay on at Real Madrid. "I arrived a year and a half ago and I have three more years on my contract. Things are going well for me; there's no reason to leave. I want to continue winning at Real Madrid. I hope that I can finish my career here", he said in an interview with 'Vanity Fair '.

The keeper presented himself as a regular, hardworking guy, and gave his take on the issue of starter status in goal. "I don't think about anyone else. I've always believed in my evolution and I don't think that you get everything in football, either at 20 or at 30, but over the course of many years of playing. That is very difficult for those players who, like me, are not geniuses and have got here based on a lot of hard work", he said.

He also talked about Mourinho, the coach who originally signed him. "Perhaps towards the end of that time, things weren't good because we lost the Champions League and the Copa del Rey. But the changing room was one hundred percent behind the team and the coach". Giving his opinion on Ancelotti, he said: "He is a fantastic manager. He has been able to create a bond between the players and the coaching team".

He was also full of praise for his teammates. "Xabi, Arbeloa, Cristiano are players with a lot of character, they've been with the team for years and have a sense of importance. They are there when it matters most". And with regard to what goes on in the changing room, he reveals: "It's much more normal than people think".