The June 7 election has developed into a fierce contest between Perez and challenger Enrique Riquelme. Perez has presented the vote as a choice between the stability of his leadership and a return to what he considers a less successful period in the club’s history.
Riquelme distanced himself from the Mourinho proposal and indicated that his own sporting project would follow a different path. He said: “He’s a good coach, but our project is different, he has experience in European competition. We don’t like him, it’s a completely different kind of project than Florentino Perez’s. I have another coach.”
