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loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Madrid has endured a second consecutive season without a major trophy, despite having France star Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 in the squad.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>An edgy Real Madrid president Florentino P\u00e9rez confronted journalists in a rare news conference on Tuesday and claimed he was the victim of an \u201corganised campaign\u201d to unseat him.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>P\u00e9rez called for new club elections and told his opponents to present themselves and challenge him and his board of directors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to talk about all those I believe are behind this campaign&#8230;some people are moving in the shadows to run for elections. Well, let them run,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the opportunity I am giving them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Usually calm and soft-spoken, P\u00e9rez appeared agitated and got into discussions with the media during the hastily scheduled news conference at the club\u2019s training centre, two days after Madrid lost 2-0 at Barcelona and saw its Catalan rival clinch its second straight Spanish league title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made this decision because of this absurd situation of campaigns against the interests of Real Madrid and especially against me,\u201d the 79-year-old P\u00e9rez said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/75\/62\/50\/808x539_cmsv2_19536f43-f5d3-56ce-9974-d9e8f83dbead-9756250.jpg\" alt=\"Real Madrid president Florentino P\u00e9rez gives a press conference in Madrid, 12 May, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Real Madrid president Florentino P\u00e9rez gives a press conference in Madrid, 12 May, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe results haven\u2019t been the greatest, but that has happened other times before. But they are taking advantage to attack me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the campaign against him was being \u201corchestrated by bad journalists and non journalists,\u201d and named a few newspapers and journalists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome journalists and people want to destroy Real Madrid,\u201d he said. \u201cI&#8217;ll always defend the interest of the Madrid members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president spoke after a meeting of the club\u2019s board of directors.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid has endured a second consecutive season without a major trophy, despite having France star Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez did not speak in detail about the team&#8217;s results, saying his appearance was solely to defend Madrid club members from attacks. He did not want to talk about a potential coaching change when asked about the possibility of Jos\u00e9 Mourinho returning next season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/75\/62\/50\/808x539_cmsv2_385dba66-4040-534e-946a-6633cd7bda92-9756250.jpg\" alt=\"Betis' Abde Ezzalzouli guards Real Madrid's Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 during a La Liga soccer match between Real Betis and Real Madrid in Seville, 24 April, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Betis&#8217; Abde Ezzalzouli guards Real Madrid&#8217;s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 during a La Liga soccer match between Real Betis and Real Madrid in Seville, 24 April, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI share the frustration that this year we haven\u2019t been able to win anything,&#8221; he said. \u201cI am the first to want to win everything. Let me remind you that, under my presidency, we have won 66 titles in soccer and basketball: 37 in soccer and 29 in basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez said the leak of the fighting between players during training last week, which led to Federico Valverde and Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni being fined \u20ac500,000 each, was worse than the actual fight itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not the first time that players fight with each other,\u201d P\u00e9rez said. \u201cIt happens almost every season. But someone leaked it for the first time. And we know who it was. It should have stayed within the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Dutch football league passport dispute could force replay of 133 matches<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Budapest awaits: A football travel guide to the 2026 Champions League final host city<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Not tired, not sick<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>P\u00e9rez dismissed rumours that he was tired of the job, or sick, saying they had been spread by his detractors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said I have cancer and that it was terminal,&#8221; he said. \u201cIt was the most undignified thing that has ever happened to me. They said I didn&#8217;t go out, that I couldn&#8217;t walk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez is a highly successful businessman from the construction sector who is in his seventh term in two different stints as Madrid president. His current term would end in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to assure those who are concerned about me that I continue to preside over Real Madrid and my company every single day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez spoke for more than an hour while answering questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could stay here all afternoon,\u201d he said at the end. \u201cI had a really good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/75\/62\/50\/808x539_cmsv2_ca386fa0-2cb9-5feb-9b8c-16c603df1015-9756250.jpg\" alt=\"Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior argues with Barcelona players during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in Barcelona, 10 May, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Real Madrid&#8217;s Vinicius Junior argues with Barcelona players during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in Barcelona, 10 May, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Negreira scandal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>P\u00e9rez said he will take \u201can important dossier\u201d to UEFA about rival Barcelona and its payments of millions of euros to a company that belonged to Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Enr\u00edquez Negreira, the former vice president of Spanish football\u2019s refereeing committee.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona has consistently denied any wrongdoing or conflict of interest, saying it paid for technical reports on referees but never tried to influence their decisions in games. Negreira has also denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree years ago, we learned about a corruption case known as the Negreira Case,\u201d P\u00e9rez said. \u201cThere are no precedents in the history of world soccer. 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Well, let them run,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the opportunity I am giving them.\u201dUsually calm and soft-spoken, P\u00e9rez appeared agitated and got into discussions with the media during the hastily scheduled news conference at the club\u2019s training centre, two days after\u00a0Madrid lost 2-0 at Barcelona\u00a0and saw its Catalan rival clinch its second straight Spanish league title.\u201cI made this decision because of this absurd situation of campaigns against the interests of Real Madrid and especially against me,\u201d the 79-year-old P\u00e9rez said.\u201cThe results haven\u2019t been the greatest, but that has happened other times before. But they are taking advantage to attack me.\u201dHe said the campaign against him was being \u201corchestrated by bad journalists and non journalists,\u201d and named a few newspapers and journalists.\u201cSome journalists and people want to destroy Real Madrid,\u201d he said. \u201cI&#8217;ll always defend the interest of the Madrid members.\u201dThe president spoke after a meeting of the club\u2019s board of directors.Madrid has endured a second consecutive season without a major trophy, despite having\u00a0France star Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 in the squad.P\u00e9rez did not speak in detail about the team&#8217;s results, saying his appearance was solely to defend Madrid club members from attacks. He did not want to talk about a potential coaching change when asked about the possibility of Jos\u00e9 Mourinho returning next season.\u201cI share the frustration that this year we haven\u2019t been able to win anything,&#8221; he said. \u201cI am the first to want to win everything. Let me remind you that, under my presidency, we have won 66 titles in soccer and basketball: 37 in soccer and 29 in basketball.\u201dP\u00e9rez said the leak of the fighting between players during training last week, which led to Federico Valverde and Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni being fined\u00a0\u20ac500,000 each, was worse than the actual fight itself.\u201cIt&#8217;s not the first time that players fight with each other,\u201d P\u00e9rez said. \u201cIt happens almost every season. But someone leaked it for the first time. And we know who it was. It should have stayed within the club.\u201dNot tired, not sickP\u00e9rez dismissed rumours that he was tired of the job, or sick, saying they had been spread by his detractors.\u201cThey said I have cancer and that it was terminal,&#8221; he said. \u201cIt was the most undignified thing that has ever happened to me. They said I didn&#8217;t go out, that I couldn&#8217;t walk.\u201dP\u00e9rez is a highly successful businessman from the construction sector who is in his seventh term in two different stints as Madrid president. His current term would end in 2029.\u201cI want to assure those who are concerned about me that I continue to preside over Real Madrid and my company every single day,\u201d he said.P\u00e9rez spoke for more than an hour while answering questions.\u201cI could stay here all afternoon,\u201d he said at the end. \u201cI had a really good time.\u201dNegreira scandalP\u00e9rez said he will take \u201can important dossier\u201d to UEFA about rival Barcelona and its payments of millions of euros to a company that belonged to Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Enr\u00edquez Negreira, the former vice president of Spanish football\u2019s refereeing committee.Barcelona has consistently denied any wrongdoing or conflict of interest, saying it paid for technical reports on referees but never tried to influence their decisions in games. Negreira has also denied any wrongdoing.\u201cThree years ago, we learned about a corruption case known as the Negreira Case,\u201d P\u00e9rez said. \u201cThere are no precedents in the history of world soccer. 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