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18th Oct 2015

Real Madrid provide touching tribute to club legend Raul as he prepares to retire

Tom Victor

Real Madrid’s favourite son will hang up his boots later this year, and the club found the perfect way to pay tribute to him.

Raul announced that this season with the New York Cosmos will be his last, and fans at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu showed the Spain international has not been forgotten since leaving Madrid in 2010.

Cristiano Ronaldo may have broken his predecessor’s goalscoring record for the club, but this banner ahead of the game against Levante said it all.

The 38-year-old played more than 500 La Liga games for his hometown club, and despite spells with Schalke, Al-Sadd and the Cosmos it’s clear where his home is.