Hupu reported on May 13 that Real Madrid chairman Florentino Perez recently held a press conference, announcing that he would start the election process for the club's president, and severely criticized the media at the press conference. Later, ABC reporter Ruben Canizares disclosed the situation behind the press conference on Corbe's radio program "El Partidazo" and described it as "surreal."
Canizares claimed that he was very surprised by Florentino's criticism of ABC, because in his eyes, "Florentino did not have any reason to be dissatisfied with ABC." He also mentioned that Florentino had a good relationship with the newspaper before. He had always subscribed to ABC because of his father, and he had praised columnists such as Salvador Sostrez.
The reporter known as ABC holds the view that Florentino's dissatisfaction mainly stems from his "obsession" with Relevo. Relevo used to be part of the Vocento Group, which was also the ABC publishing group. In Florentino's view, Relevo was "created specifically to attack Real Madrid", and part of its funding came from Tebas and La Liga.
Corbett's show also said that the people around Florentino did not calm him down, but had an irritating effect. It is said that his consultant Anas Laglari sent him a link via WhatsApp before the press conference, which made Florentino even more excited. The host Juanma Castaño said: "It's not that no one stopped Florentino, but someone was instigating it."
There were four or five Real Madrid public relations personnel at the press conference, Cañizares also revealed this, including general manager Jose Angel Sanchez, public relations director Antonio Galeano and others. In fact, they had already wanted the press conference to end as soon as possible.
He said that the scene tried to end the press conference many times, but Florentino did not want to end it, but responded: "No, no, I will continue, anyway, I have nothing to do." Canizares said that after the press conference was actually over, Florentino probably said that he "had a good time, I feel very comfortable here, this is very good, maybe I will do it again in the future."
Canizares added that about 40 minutes before the end of the press conference, many people in charge of public relations and communication around Florentino already wanted this to end as soon as possible. In his opinion, this also shows the problems that are occurring within Real Madrid: "There is no one who can control Florentino, no one. No one can control him, and no one can stop him.".
At the press conference, Florentino stated that he would not resign, claiming that he had asked the electoral committee to start the board election process and that he would participate in the election.
Canizares holds the view that it is incredible that Florentino did not leave the conference at an earlier moment. He said this: "I think the person who suffered the most damage tonight is himself and Real Madrid. It is not reporters, not extreme fans, not vote scalpers, and it is also not the Negrrera case. The person who really puts himself in the spotlight with his own performance is President Florentino himself."
However, Canizares said he had regrets because he felt Florentino was "not only the best president in the history of Real Madrid, but perhaps even the most outstanding sports administrator in this country." He worries that events like today, coupled with the competitive results of the past two seasons, may damage Florentino's "absolutely brilliant" legacy in Real Madrid history.