Perez claims to be victim of conspiracy after issuing insulting statement about Casillas and Raul

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, 74, claimed on Tuesday that he was the victim of a conspiracy linked to his role in launching the European Super League.

And the newspaper “El Confidencial” earlier today published an audio recording of Perez from 2006 after his first term as president of the royal club, which ended with his resignation in February of the same year, in which he humiliates the two legends of the royal club. club, goalkeeper Iker Casillas and Raul Gonzalez.

Perez said in the audio recording that “Casillas is not a suitable goalkeeper for Real Madrid. He has not been and never will be. It was a dismal failure,” adding: “The problem is that people worship him, love him, talk to him, defend him a lot. “

Perez, who returned to the club’s presidency in 2009, considered in the audio recording that Casillas, who is considered one of Real’s legends after defending his den from 1999 to 2015, was “the most deceitful and Raul too “, referring to legendary striker Raul Gonzalez, who defended the” Merengue “colors from 1994 to 2010.

Perez reiterated that “the biggest cheaters in Real Madrid history are Raul first and Casillas second”.

These statements had already been made public in 2015 in a book by journalist Jose Antonio Appian entitled “The attack on Real Madrid”.

In a statement released on Tuesday by Real Madrid on its official website, Perez said that Abyan recorded these statements in secret, considering that the timing of their publication during this period is due to his role in launching the Super European League, which was aborted less than 48 hours after its launch, but clubs Real and rivals Barcelona and Juventus are still committed to the project, unlike the other nine founding clubs who have withdrawn from it.

“These statements are taken from conversations which Jose Antonio Appian has secretly recorded and which he has been trying to sell for several years without success,” Perez said in the statement.

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He continued: “It’s reproduced now, after many years. I think the reason is due to my role as one of the promoters of the Super League.”

Perez concluded by saying that the lawyers are “looking at what can be done.”

Perez first assumed the presidency of Real Madrid from 2000 until February 2006, then returned to that post in 2009 and will remain there until 2025 after being elected by acclamation last April for a sixth term.

Source: “AFP”

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