Florentino Perez Resigns!!!
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Galactico king Perez quits Real Madrid
Florentino Perez has resigned as president of Real Madrid.
The club immediately announced Fernando Martin would replace him, stepping up from his previous role as vice-president.
Perez was less than two years into his second term as Real president, having been re-elected in July 2004.
Since the 58-year-old Perez replaced Lorenzo Sanz in 2000, Real have won the Primera Liga title twice and the Champions League once.
However, the club have not claimed any major silverware since winning the league in 2003 and look likely to finish this season empty-handed following a string of disappointing recent results.
Real were knocked out of the Copa del Rey semi-finals by Real Zaragoza earlier this month after losing the first leg 6-1, and they also suffered a 1-0 defeat in the opening leg of their Champions League last-16 encounter with Arsenal last week.
In the league, Sunday's 2-1 defeat at struggling Real Mallorca saw Madrid fall 10 points behind leaders and arch-rivals Barcelona in the standings.
During his tenure, Perez has employed six different coaches at Real - Vicente Del Bosque, Carlos Queiroz, Jose Antonio Camacho, Mariano Garcia Remon, Wanderley Luxemburgo and Juan Ramon Lopez Caro.
The current coach, Lopez Caro, was appointed in December following the sacking of Brazilian Luxemburgo.
Under Perez's charge, Madrid signed England internationals David Beckham, Michael Owen and Jonathan Woodgate, as well as `galacticos' Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo.
Perez confirmed his decision to resign at a press conference at the club's Bernabeu stadium, saying: 'I called this extraordinary general meeting because I believe we needed a change.
'Having analysed the situation I considered that this was the time for me to step down.
'I presented my resignation this afternoon because I believe this will be a change for the best. It is a decision I have thought hard about.'
good la..they need to change their buying policy..the only good thing he did was to overtake man utd as the top earning club..
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when he took over, RM was nearly bankrupted, but he sold the training ground for 300m and bought a lot of galacticos of players to RM and won 1 CL and 2 laliga titles, and help RM to be the richest club in the world today. thats his achievement.
his failings are: buy and sell players without consulting his manager, who is running the team. hire and fire coaches on a whim of bad runs, thus contributing to the instability of the team. -
rumour beckham and ronaldo is going to leave real madrid soon after florention perez resign
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now Rm will be good...
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Real Madrid has really been getting worse and worse annually....Ever since they won the european cup in 1998 against juve, they had been my favourite team...But every year becoming lousier...since ronaldo and beckham came, no trophies liao....Mayb they should just f off man....
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ever since perez sacked del bosque, after he won him the CL in 2002.
since then, so many coaches come and go. -
Del bosque is still my favourite Real madrid coach...He created 2 great madrid sides which beat Manchester united twice and won the champions league 2 times lor...Those were really great matches that me as a real fan will never forget...Since then, their team work and spirit like not there liao...The players are like more interested in fame and money than producing results on the field....But what can we do as a fan...If they can prove me wrong by beating arsenal then they will deserve my respect and support back....
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Real Madrid's Raul unhappy Perez refused to name names
tribalfootball.com - March 1, 2006
Real Madrid skipper Raul insists former president Florentino Perez should have named names when he rapped the players during his resignation speech.
Perez accused several Real players of lacking respect and believing their own publicity as he resigned the Real Madrid presidency.
Asked if he was counted within that group, Raul responded: "No. It's clear he does not blame the squad for his resignation.
"It's impossible to lump everyone together. He should have given names. My relationship with him is warm and has become stronger in the last months.
"We have spoken regularly and I do not know which players he was referring to. He never mentioned anything to me."