DIRECT. Crisis at Real Madrid: Arbeloa’s clear message to Mbappé

During his press conference this Tuesday, Florentino Pérez spoke again about the Negreira affair, expressing surprise that the investigation had not been resolved. FC Barcelona, ​​implicated in this soap opera, threatens to take the president of Real Madrid to court.

The Blaugrana club was quick to react, indicating, in a press release, that it could possibly take legal action. “Regarding the press conference held by the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, we inform that our legal department is carefully examining his statements and accusations. These are currently being analyzed and the measures to be taken are being evaluated. When deemed appropriate, the positions adopted and decisions taken will be communicated”, warns Barça, determined not to let his toes be stepped on.

>>> Full answers from Barça

After an hour of rather unexpected discussions, Florentino Perez’s conference is over. He will therefore not have spoken about the athlete, just a little about the Tchouaméni-Valverde affair. Above all, he attacked journalists and denounced a media cabal against Real Madrid and against himself.

“What should other clubs say if we are so bad? What should Atlético de Madrid say? Why are you not interested in Atlético de Madrid? Real Madrid always interests us. But there is no club like ours in the history of football.”

“The press must analyze, but not say that because two players are fighting, it’s chaos at Real Madrid. It happens every year. Even every day. It stops there. And if someone within the club reveals it outside, it’s worse than the fight itself. (Tchouaméni and Valverde) are two phenomenal boys, good people, playing together in midfield. Some people said “it’s the end of Real, it’s not tolerable at Real”. I tolerated it for over 20 years and nothing happened.

“It seems very bad to me. And it seems even worse to me that it has become public. I have been here for 26 years and there is not a year where there has not been a fight between players. But it remains in the house. What seems bad to me is that it has come out. There have been fights all the years I was there… As young people fight, you give it back, and in the end nothing, they are friends. For me, the escape is the worst. It’s because there is something more than the fight. That.”

“When will the elections be? In a few days, fifteen days perhaps. I want everyone who wants to come forward.”

“No, no. When I win the elections, in a short time, I will do it. But not now. This intervention is to complain about what is happening in the press regarding Real Madrid.”

But the discussion remains at the same point. The president of Real Madrid denounces a media cabal against the club, which is nevertheless the greatest in history.

“We’ll do an analysis, don’t worry.”

“I’m not going to talk about the athlete.” We ask him a question about Mourinho? “I didn’t think I would be asked this question. We are not at this stage in the process.”

“I’m not going to talk about the coach or the players. I’m going to talk about the fact that I’m presenting myself to hand over the heritage of Real Madrid to its members.”

Florentino Perez finished his introductory message.

With the idea of ​​calling new elections, the current president, despite criticism, highlights the health of Real Madrid, its XXL workforce, its record, its reputation, to justify his presence and his mandates.

“I’m not going to leave. I will be the last Real Madrid member to leave. I want to put an end to this anti-Madridist current that exists in part of journalism.” The president then repeats that his competitors can run for the presidency of the club. His explanations have been the same for fifteen minutes.

A media journalist tries to answer him. But the president of the club continues with his criticism. “I’m going to unsubscribe from ABC,” he said. “All the players you write about Real Madrid. Today you wrote two articles. One of them written by a woman who I don’t even know if she knows football.” The discussion is quite surprising. “I do journalism, I don’t attack Real,” replied the accused journalist. Florentino Perez is content to point the finger at those who criticized him.

The president of Real Madrid addresses several topics, but carefully avoids the current situation within the club.

“Two years ago we won a La Liga and a Champions League. Some have forgotten. But today we would be in ruins, it would be chaos. We are the most prestigious club in the world and everyone recognizes that.”

“I’m the first to want to win everything. But I want to remember that with me as president, we won 37 football titles. If some people want to run, let them run, there are going to be elections. They have the opportunity to do it. Don’t let them go behind my back and talk to journalists. I had to come to silence everything That. And I am going to present myself to defend the interests of the members of Real Madrid. I will not let myself be intimidated.

“I have worked since 2000 so that the owners of the club are the members. In Madrid, there is not just one owner, but 100,000. It is true that we have had results which are not the best, but that has already happened to us. Some have taken advantage of the situation to attack me personally. Some said where is Florentino? They say that I am sick, some even said that I have terminal cancer… But I take this opportunity to tell those who were concerned about me that I remain president of Real Madrid and of my company and that my health is perfect. like an animal.”

“I’m not going to resign,” he said immediately to journalists. “I will call elections.”

Legend of the Merengue club, former goalkeeper Iker Casillas has just made it known that he is against a return of José Mourinho to the Real Madrid bench, while the Portuguese is expected to return next season.

“A personal opinion, nothing more,” he assures.

The press conference was scheduled for 6 p.m. and should begin within a few minutes. The president of Real Madrid has not yet arrived.

The president of Real Madrid must speak in 5-10 minutes.

In a press release, Real Madrid announced that its president would speak to the press this Tuesday at 6 p.m. to discuss the crisis at Real Madrid. Florentino Perez should return to the events of the last few days, and in particular the aftermath of the violent altercation between Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde, which sent the latter to the hospital.

A press conference to follow live with commentary on RMC Sport.

Ivan Helguera, an illustrious former member of the White House, attacked the institution, criticizing the attitude of Florentino Perez and Alvaro Arbeloa by quoting Machiavelli, and his masterpiece The Prince.

“He who tolerates disorder to avoid war first experiences disorder, then war,” he posted on Instagram.

The French quote, for its part, is as follows: “We must never allow disorder to occur to avoid a war; because we never avoid it, we delay it to our disadvantage.” But the message remains very clear.

If he missed the Clasico on Sunday evening against FC Barcelona, ​​the number 10 merengue did not fail to make people talk about him by posting a story on Instagram accompanied by a “Hala Madrid” while his teammates were already behind. This Monday, Kylian Mbappé, target of criticism for several weeks, responded in photos…

>> Kylian Mbappé’s post in response to his detractors

FC Barcelona therefore remained the king of Spain this Sunday by winning the Clasico against Real Madrid (2-0), sealing its 29th La Liga title in the process. A coronation which symbolizes the triumph of the collective on one side and the endless internal crisis on the other. What the Spanish press did not fail to note this Monday morning.

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One of the targets of supporters’ anger is the captain of the French team, Kylian Mbappé. Currently injured, the Blues striker is singled out for his supposed lack of involvement, particularly at the defensive level.

Absent from the Clasico, the Frenchman once again suffered the wrath of critics because of a photo published on his social networks during the match while Barça led 2-0, which did not please the supporters.

>> Kylian Mbappé targeted again by Real Madrid supporters

This defeat against Barça concluded a nightmarish week for the White House, marked by the violent altercation between Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni, during which the Uruguayan was injured in the head and lost consciousness.

Although the two men were not suspended by their club, they were nevertheless fined a large amount. But this altercation above all illustrates the fractures in a locker room clearly at the end of its tether, which coach Alvaro Arbeloa seems to have great difficulty managing.

>> What happened during the altercation between Tchouaméni and Valverde

Already out at the quarter-final stage in the Champions League and pitifully eliminated from the Copa del Rey in January by the modest Albacete club, Real Madrid officially conceded the title of champion of Spain to its eternal rival Barcelona this Sunday. Supreme humiliation, it was even during the traditional Clasico between the two teams that mass was said, with a clear and flawless victory for Barça (2-0).

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