"Florentino Perez sat at a desk with a phone that he kept looking at and some papers that he didn't, and announced that he was calling presidential elections at Real Madrid. What he didn't announce was a date, an electoral commission, the resignation that is required for polling to actually happen, or indeed any details at all. There was nothing about Madrid's on-field issues either, nothing about the coach, no mention of Jose Mourinho, no explanation for the season they have just suffered."
"Instead, he was there to deliver a surreal, repetitive rant that lasted over an hour, way after his own staff had tried to bring it to a close. A room of people, including the directors in the front row and lined up against one wall, looked at each other: yes, this was actually happening. Perez went on and on, and on, the incoherent ramblings of a 79-year-old man who insisted my health is perfect. I'm enjoying this, he said but it really was time to go, time to be taken home."
"Questions weren't answered, they were cues to say the same thing, an opportunity to introduce another newspaper or radio station that couldn't be trusted. That day, in 2018, he had looked sad; this time it was at turns almost funny yet really not funny at all, accusatory and threatening, demanding that the enemies conspiring against him come out of the shadows and stand so that he can defeat them, like something straight ou"
Florentino Perez held a press conference in a crowded room at Valdebebas, repeatedly looking at a phone and papers while announcing presidential elections at Real Madrid. No date, electoral commission, resignation required for polling, or other procedural details were provided. The announcement avoided on-field issues, including the coach and the season’s sporting problems, and made no mention of Jose Mourinho or Jose Mourinho-related context. Perez delivered an hour-long, surreal rant that continued after staff tried to end it. He did not answer questions, instead using them as cues to repeat claims and attack alleged enemies, insisting his health was perfect and demanding that opponents reveal themselves.
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