For the first time since 2006, Real Madrid members will go to the polls to decide who they want to be the club’s president. Florentino Perez, who has held the post since 2009, called for an election to take place, and he will be up against Enrique Riquelme, whose candidacy was confirmed over the weekend.
On Tuesday, the Real Madrid electoral board convened with one clear goal: to outline a date for the election voting to be held. The plan has been for it to happen quickly so as not to delay the club’s business for too long, and an official statement has now confirmed that it will take place on Sunday 7th June.
“The Electoral Board approves that the voting will be held on June 7, 2026, between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., uninterruptedly, at the Basketball Pavilion of the Real Madrid City, Avenida Alejandro de la Sota s/n – Madrid, where the corresponding polling stations will be installed. This information will be sent to all members included in the electoral roll.”
Perez is overwhelming favourite despite recent criticism
Perez’s decision to call for elections came after back-to-back seasons without a major trophy for Real Madrid. This led to strong protests during matches from the club’s supporters, who targeted the president himself, as well as heavyweights such as Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham.
Despite this, Perez is the overwhelming favourite to be re-elected as president in 12 days’ time. He has a lot of credit in the bank after overseeing one of the best Real Madrid periods in the club’s history, and it will be tricky for Riquelme, as the challenger, to convince the 79-year-old’s supporters.
In the event that Perez wins the election, it’s likely that he will move quickly to appoint Jose Mourinho as the next Real Madrid manager. An agreement has already been reached for the Portuguese to return to the Bernabeu 13 years after his first spell in charge, but due to the upcoming vote, his arrival has been put on hold.
We want a change, Perez is old and weak in ideas, we want a young task energetic, vibrant in energy and visionary,
Be careful when you talking old and weak in ideas. A judge stays longer in his court and chamber’s. He’s old age helps to upheld the law and his weak ideas brings and birth out new vision to modernize the law because of his experience. A professor is old in age and weak in ideas, but yet still his weak ideas and experience give him / her the vision to write and modernize things and get it done despite the age.
Yes, Perez is old but not weak in ideas. His Experience, Knowledge, Wisdom and Vision is there.
His Experience, Knowledge, Wisdom and Vision are his strength. Old in age, weak in body doesn’t make him unfit.
Bro don’t be a glory hunter
You and who?
Use I instead of we
Perez should stay on for a few more years.
You are spot on
Old with experience, knowledge and wisdom qualifiers Perez to win the election. He has done a lot as the president of the Club.
We should be careful of those who are calling for change, Calling for election.
We should be careful of their motives, plans and agenda.
Who is Riquelme to contend for presidency of Madrid Club. Are there not other better contenders?
Riquelme will bring disruption, politics, corruption, division, divisive, infighting, and unwanted unresolving problems with his ideas that will destroy the hierarchy of club and affect the players.
Perez is old but that doesn’t make him unfit for the presidency. He has guided Madrid this far. We should look for people who are like minded like Perez, who will continue to build on Madrid successes not Riquelme with flimsy ideas on his head who will take Madrid down the drainage, backward, stuck, and make us to be like any just ordinary club which we are not.
Riquelme has his hidden agenda. He should stay away from the Madrid Club, if it’s another candidate no problem.
When there is fight in a family.
The whole family loses & other teams look & wonder at
the slow death of OUR RM.
Look at what happened these last two years?
Lies ,,stories that were not true. Everybody giving a different opinion.FIGHT IN THE FAMILY!!!!
NOTHING POSITIVE?
PITY!!!!