{"id":51824,"date":"2026-05-12T21:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51824"},"modified":"2026-05-12T21:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:25:24","slug":"real-madrid-president-florentino-perez-say-i-am-not-going-to-resign-calls-for-new-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/real-madrid-president-florentino-perez-say-i-am-not-going-to-resign-calls-for-new-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid president Florentino P\u00e9rez say \u201cI Am NOT Going to Resign\u201d \u2013 Calls for new elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Real Madrid president Florentino P\u00e9rez has firmly rejected any talk of resignation amid recent speculation, while announcing plans for fresh presidential elections to reaffirm the power of the club\u2019s socios (members).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In a strong and passionate statement, P\u00e9rez declared: <strong>\u201cI\u2019m sorry to tell you that I am NOT going to resign\u2026 I am NOT going to RESIGN!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He followed up by calling for <strong>new elections at Real Madrid<\/strong>, explaining his long-standing commitment to the club\u2019s unique ownership model: <strong>\u201cWhy? Because I worked since the year 2000 so that the owners of the club would be the SOCIOS!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">P\u00e9rez\u2019s Vision for Member-Owned Real Madrid<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Since first taking charge in 2000, Florentino P\u00e9rez has been a transformative figure at Real Madrid. He has consistently championed the club\u2019s socio model, ensuring that Real Madrid remains one of the world\u2019s most iconic member-owned football institutions rather than falling under private or foreign ownership seen at many rival clubs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This latest announcement comes as P\u00e9rez continues to steer the club through both on-pitch success and off-field challenges. Known for his ambitious Gal\u00e1cticos policy and major infrastructure projects like the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u renovation, the president is doubling down on his legacy of putting socios first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid president Florentino P\u00e9rez has firmly rejected any talk of resignation amid recent speculation, while announcing plans for fresh\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":51825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2327],"class_list":["post-51824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-florentino-perez"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51826,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51824\/revisions\/51826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}