Real Madrid have confirmed that club president Florentino Perez has issued a call for candidates for the club’s upcoming leadership election – although the current supremo is currently the only candidate.
Los Blancos have announced that the process will lead to elections for the next four-year cycle – lasting from mid-2021 to mid-2025 – have now officially begun, as the club prepares to ensure they are current Do not empty the campaign — yes.
Perez, whose two separate tenures as Madrid’s 15th and 18th presidents gave him the opportunity to serve the second longest in the role, after Santiago Bernabeu, currently expected to seal re-election Goes until another candidate emerges.
What exactly has happened?
“From today’s board meeting and according to Article 38, section B of Real Madrid social statutes, the President has requested that the Electoral Board issue a call for the election of the President and the Board of Directors” The club confirmed this in an official statement.
In layman terms, this means that Perez has ordered a formal start of the campaign for both his position in the defending champions of La Liga and those on the board.
There is no set date for when these elections may take place, but the likelihood is that they will be closer to the middle of the year, between the campaigns of 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Perez’s reign
The civil engineer first took over Madrid in 2000, succeeding Lorenzo Sanzha in this position and leading the club for six years.
In his first spell, Los Blancos raised his brand internationally but Peres stepped down in 2006, resigning after criticism that he was not given enough attention to the team’s on-field success.
He was succeeded by Raman Calderón, only to step down in 2009 amid allegations of vote-rigging, and Perez returned unopposed in mid-2009 to replace Vicente Boluda’s stop-gap option.
Since then, he led Madrid to almost unmatched success across the continent, and brought in players such as Cristiano Ronaldo.
It appeared that he would face challenges from Boluda and Enrique Rechelme for the fourth consecutive year this year, but the two have calmed their interest in recent weeks.
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