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Florentino Perez, President of Real Madrid, spoke during the Ordinary General Assembly of Representative Members of Real Madrid C.F. at Ciudad Deportiva Real Madrid on November 23, 2025, in Valdebebas, Madrid, Spain.<\/p>\n
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The Ordinary General Assembly of Representative Members of Real Madrid allowed club president Florentino P\u00e9rez a platform with which to outline his vision for the future of the club, including a new approach to ownership and investment, but also to hit out at many of his rivals and opponents.<\/p>\n
In a fierce speech, which was warmly received by the thousands of members present in the room and more following online or via television, P\u00e9rez sought to underline the club\u2019s stance on several topics, ranging from the European Super League to the proposed La Liga fixture in Miami, by linking those stances to the club\u2019s values.<\/p>\n
\u201cI recently heard someone say that Real Madrid is against everything, obviously that\u2019s not true, we simply oppose anything that is not normal or ethical, and of course, anything that is not legal,\u201d P\u00e9rez said as part of his speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not normal, and it is not legal, as three courts have already ruled in the Super League case, to try to prevent clubs from organising their own tournaments,\u201d he continued. \u201cNor is it normal for European clubs to be forced to play competition formats imposed by UEFA that are designed to favour its balance of power, these formats are detrimental to the spectacle and to the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
P\u00e9rez also went on to continue his speech by once again underlining the need for free broadcasting of fixtures, a key element of the Super League proposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not normal that, in the 21st century, watching football on television is becoming increasingly expensive, when technology allows for models, even free ones, that benefit fans,\u201d he explained, labelling soccer as \u201can increasingly expensive product which only alienates soccer fans, who are pushed towards other, more affordable entertainment options\u201d.<\/p>\n
P\u00e9rez attacks La Liga and the proposal to play a game in Miami<\/p>\n
Among the targets of P\u00e9rez\u2019s speech were several key figures within Spanish soccer, including La Liga president Javier Tebas and Spanish Football Federation president Rafael Louz\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not normal for the president of La Liga and the president of the Spanish Football Federation, who are supposed to ensure the integrity of the competition, to promote a match that distorts La Liga,\u201d he said, taking aim at the controversial topic of the proposed La Liga fixture in Miami between Barcelona and Villarreal. <\/p>\n
He continued to say that \u201cit is not normal for them to support Barcelona having the advantage of playing one less match on the opponent\u2019s field, even their own captain, Frenkie de Jong, does not think this is normal, and we still have to listen to Mr. Tebas comparing this nonsense to the global spectacle organized by the NFL at the Bernab\u00e9u, and again, he is fabricating a narrative with the sole purpose of attacking Real Madrid\u201d. <\/p>\n
He went on to criticize the directors of both organizations, pointing to their incomes of \u201cmore than \u20ac6 million ($6.9 million) per year, more than Premier League executives even though the Premier League generates much more revenue than La Liga\u201d.<\/p>\n
Barcelona all came in for criticism about the Negreira case<\/p>\n
P\u00e9rez continued, adding that, \u201cof course, it is not normal that Barcelona has paid the vice-president of the referees more than \u20ac8 million ($9.2 million) over at least 17 years, whatever the reason\u201d. <\/p>\n
He added that, \u201cthe vice-president of the refereeing body who, as everyone knows, had key functions in the refereeing system, among other things, he was in charge of communicating the promotion and relegation of referees each season\u201d highlighting that it coincided with \u201ca period of almost 20 years that also coincides, coincidentally, with Barcelona\u2019s best sporting results\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florentino Perez, President of Real Madrid, spoke during the Ordinary General Assembly of Representative Members of Real Madrid…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":399680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,76041,76042,2961,4732,224,5337,189415,24123],"class_list":{"0":"post-399679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-florentino-perez","11":"tag-javier-tebas","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-liga","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-rafael-louzan","17":"tag-uefa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115600527620623610","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}