Florentino Pérez has assured that he does not have a problem with Iker Casillas, despite the recent emergence of comments in which the president implies that the people around the goalkeeper are not doing him any favours.
"It's not true that I am annoyed with Casillas. He has my gratitude and affection. He is the best goalkeeper in the history of Real Madrid and Spain", said Florentino in an interview with Spanish TV programme 'Jugones' on the 'La Sexta' channel.
The 'Los Blancos' president made it clear that, when previously talking about "the people close to" the goalkeeper, he would have been speaking "for him, not against him". "We all have people around us that can sometimes not be beneficial, not just him", Florentino added.
Florentino: "Whilst I'm here, Real Madrid will always belong to its members"
"Everybody knows that whilst I'm here, Madrid will always belong to its members." These were the categorical words of Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, regarding the possibility of the European Union forcing the club to change its legal status and become a public limited sports company.
"Nobody can force us to do that," said Pérez on Friday afternoon, in front of the cameras of 'La Sexta'. "There is a media outlet which is very aggressive with us, which is trying to hurt us, which is lying and trying to exert a negative influence on the atmosphere in our community," he went on to say, in response to reports that the possibility of turning the club into a public limited company was on the table.
The previous statements by the Real Madrid president which led to these reports came on Thursday in front of a group of Real Madrid members, when he said the following: "The only tax advantage we have is that we pay 25 percent in corporation tax instead of 30. For other clubs, it's a good thing that we are not a public limited company, because we would have more money and the difference would be greater."
"In the United States,"Florentino continued, "this summer they offered to float 20 percent on the stock market, and if we had done so we would have had a budget of €740 million. If they end up forcing us to become a public company, then each member would have a share."
On Friday, the president clarified that, whilst he did point to the possibility, it was due to the insistence of the members who asked him, and only as a last resort if ordered to do so by Brussels.
"It's not true that I am annoyed with Casillas. He has my gratitude and affection. He is the best goalkeeper in the history of Real Madrid and Spain", said Florentino in an interview with Spanish TV programme 'Jugones' on the 'La Sexta' channel.
The 'Los Blancos' president made it clear that, when previously talking about "the people close to" the goalkeeper, he would have been speaking "for him, not against him". "We all have people around us that can sometimes not be beneficial, not just him", Florentino added.
Florentino: "Whilst I'm here, Real Madrid will always belong to its members"
"Everybody knows that whilst I'm here, Madrid will always belong to its members." These were the categorical words of Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, regarding the possibility of the European Union forcing the club to change its legal status and become a public limited sports company.
"Nobody can force us to do that," said Pérez on Friday afternoon, in front of the cameras of 'La Sexta'. "There is a media outlet which is very aggressive with us, which is trying to hurt us, which is lying and trying to exert a negative influence on the atmosphere in our community," he went on to say, in response to reports that the possibility of turning the club into a public limited company was on the table.
The previous statements by the Real Madrid president which led to these reports came on Thursday in front of a group of Real Madrid members, when he said the following: "The only tax advantage we have is that we pay 25 percent in corporation tax instead of 30. For other clubs, it's a good thing that we are not a public limited company, because we would have more money and the difference would be greater."
"In the United States,"Florentino continued, "this summer they offered to float 20 percent on the stock market, and if we had done so we would have had a budget of €740 million. If they end up forcing us to become a public company, then each member would have a share."
On Friday, the president clarified that, whilst he did point to the possibility, it was due to the insistence of the members who asked him, and only as a last resort if ordered to do so by Brussels.
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