Criticism of the club legends Raul and Iker Casillas is generally considered an insult to majesty at Real Madrid. All the more explosive are statements by President Florentino Perez from 2006, which can now be heard on a leaked tape.
A new scandal is looming over President Florentino Perez at Real Madrid. On Tuesday, the publication of a soundtrack from 2006 in the Spanish digital newspaper “El Confidencial” caused a sensation. On this, Perez expressed himself extremely disrespectful to the club legends Raul and Iker Casillas.
Both, Perez said, were “the biggest frauds” in the club’s history. Raul comes first, Casillas second. The holy Iker, as the goalkeeper is called by the Madridistas and in international football, Perez also attested that he had “never” been a goalkeeper who met the standards of the royal team.
Perez: Casillas “one of the biggest mistakes” in the club’s history
Casillas was “one of the biggest mistakes” of Real Madrid. Raul believes, in the opinion of Perez, “Real Madrid belongs to him. He uses everything that is in Madrid, everything that it has developed, for his own benefit. He and his agent. (…) I am because of, among other things gone. He’s a negative guy, he’s destroying Madrid and the morale of the players. (…) He’s terrible, what a wrong boy he is. “
Both Raul and Casillas enjoy club icon status among Los Blancos’ fans. Casillas (725 games) and Raul (741 games) are Real’s record players and have won the Champions League three times with the club. What makes the statements even more spicy: The former world-class striker Raul is currently the coach of the second team at Los Blancos.
Statements from 2006
Perez’s statements are from 2006, when he unexpectedly resigned with a bang. At that time, the era of the Galactic at Real Madrid was coming to an end and the third season in a row was looming.
The reason for this was, among other things, the disturbed relationship between the world stars such as Ronaldo, David Beckham and Raul, which the then 19-year-old Sergio Ramos complained: “Everything would be different if the players were closer, if we understood each other better” said Ramos at the time. Statements that were just as deep as the resignation from Perez, who said in 2006 that the players were confused and that he had brought them up badly.
In the now released recording, Perez admitted that he had a bad opinion of professional footballers: “They are selfish. You cannot rely on them.”
Real opinion on the leaked tapes
Real Madrid and Perez have already commented on the releases of “El Confidencial”. In a press release on Tuesday, Perez stated that the recordings were made secretly by Jose Antonio Abellan, who has been trying to sell it for years.
Perez is very surprised that they have now been published after such a long time and sees a plot against himself, namely that the publication is in connection with his driving role in the failed formation of a Super League.
In addition, Perez reiterated that the statements regarding Raul and Casillas had been isolated and “taken out of context” during the conversation. In addition, the 74-year-old announced legal action, for which he has already called on his lawyers.
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