Real Madrid has turned into an incredible circus in recent weeks. The very last number was provided by President Florentino Pérez on Tuesday. The Casa Blanca boss called the media for a press conference and there was no question about the Merengues’ disappointing season. Moreover, when questioned about the serious incidents between Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde, the business manager explained that he “always tolerated” the fights and ensured that the two players were friends again.
In this conference which lasted more than an hour, Florentino Pérez was above all determined to denounce lies published in the press and a campaign against his person. “I’m sorry, I won’t resign”he said, to call presidential elections three years earlier. Before concluding:
“You will have to shoot me. »
“The results weren’t brilliant, but in sport you don’t always win. They are taking advantage of the situation to attack me personally. They ask: ‘Where is Florentino?‘I don’t usually speak publicly. Some even told me that I had terminal cancer… I would like to take this opportunity to reassure those who were worried: I am still president of Real Madrid and of my company, and I am in perfect health. I couldn’t be in both positions if I wasn’t in perfect health. If I had cancer, as has been said, I would have to go to a specialized center. If that were the case, the information would have spread all over the world.”he said at the outset, the 79-year-old business manager who still juggles between his role in football and his building company.
And to continue: “Groups tried to take control of the club. They make the whole world believe that Real Madrid is in chaos. There are also the ultras, who come together in a movement called Amber or something like that. And they will never be allowed to come back. I am congratulated all over the world for having chased away the ultras, the violent, and I have the support of the members, who want normal people. And of course, there is always our enemy, La Liga. »
The boss of Casa Blanca suddenly recalled the Negreira affair (FC Barcelona paid 7 million euros to an arbitration manager from 2001 to 2018) by assuring that, in addition to his seven Champions League crowns, he could have won seven other Spanish championship titles “because they were stolen from me”. Real took the matter to UEFA. “We’ll see. I didn’t come here for the referees to get rich thanks to Barça’s money.”he added in particular, which prompted the Catalan club to publish a press release immediately.
