Florentino Perez Secures Real Madrid Presidency | Sports-Games
Perez won 65% of the vote as members backed his plan to keep Real Madrid member-owned despite criticism of outside investment.
- On Sunday, Florentino Perez secured a four-year term as Real Madrid president, winning 65% of 33,555 votes in the club's first competitive election in two decades.
- Challenger Enrique Riquelme campaigned against Perez's proposal to sell around 5% to outside investors, which Riquelme said he 'vehemently rejects' as an attempt to 'privatise the club.'
- Pledging to appoint Jose Mourinho, a move requiring a €15 million termination fee, Perez also promised €150 million in player signings to strengthen the roster.
- Transforming Valdebebas, Perez outlined plans to create a social hub featuring a 15,000-capacity arena, hotel, and swimming pools for members to access.
- Real Madrid remains the highest-valued football entity, posting 2024-25 revenue of €1.19 billion and carrying a $6.75 billion valuation by Forbes.
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Perez wins Real Madrid vote to extend reign after rare election challenge
Florentino Pérez challenged on May 12 to “a man with a Mexican accent” to face him in a Real Madrid election, and this Sunday he defeated him. “We have won at all polling stations, that is, at all ages,” he said at midnight. The 79-year-old president imposed himself with 21,741 votes, representing 65% of the voters to the candidacy headed by businessman Enrique Riquelme, with 11,814 votes, 35%, and he heads towards his seventh legislature. By th…
Florentino Pérez won the elections to the presidency of Real Madrid with 65% of the votes for 35% that his rival, Enrique Riquelme, obtained, according to official data from the Electoral Board.Read more]]>
The president of the Real Madrid football club Florentino Perez was re-elected to the position after defeating his opponent Enrique Riquelme in Sunday's club elections.
Follow the election day for Real Madrid president, here in El Confidencial
Florentino Pérez is president of Real Madrid. The Spanish leader achieved re-election after imposing himself in a historic vote, the first to live the merengue club in two decades with more than one candidate. After announcing his victory, Pérez said that he will remain in the white club to defend the merengue team and work to get titles. “This Real Madrid we want, independent. Here I am to defend it. We will continue to work to continue winning…
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