The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, launched the procedure for general elections at the club on Tuesday, in which he should be the sole candidate for his own succession.
“After the meeting of the board of directors that was held, the president of the club asked the electoral council to begin the procedure of convening the elections of the president and the board of directors of the club,” indicates the Madrid club in a press release on its website.
The 77-year-old businessman should easily be re-elected without opposition as in the last three elections (2013, 2017 and 2021) organized since his return to the head of the club in 2009.
Pérez was elected president of the Merengue club for the first time in 2000, during the Galactics era before resigning in 2006.
Since his return, Real have won five Spanish championships and six Champions Leagues.
In addition, Real Madrid’s Brazilian winger Vinicius Junior received a two-match suspension after his exclusion during Madrid’s 2-1 victory in Valencia on Friday, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced on Tuesday. .
The RFEF disciplinary committee sanctioned Vinicius, sent off on Friday at the Mestalla stadium in the 79th minute of play, for pushing Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski in the neck after an altercation between the two players.
Despite the exit of their star striker, the Merengue managed to win thanks to goals from Luka Modric (85th) and Jude Bellingham (90th +5) to take the lead in La Liga.
Vinicius, 24, will miss the upcoming league matches against Las Palmas and Valladolid. On the other hand, he will be able to participate in the Spanish Super Cup this week in Saudi Arabia, where the Madrilenians face Mallorca on Thursday in the semi-final.
