Attention, Benfica! Enrique Riquelme rebuffed, Mourinho's way opens | OneFootball

Enrique Riquelme’s possible candidacy for the Real Madrid presidency is looking increasingly unlikely to move forward. According to the Spanish press, the businessman was unable to secure the financial backing required by the club’s statutes, after several Spanish banks, including Santander, refused to provide the guarantees needed to formalize his candidacy.

Without that mandatory financial support, Riquelme is unlikely to be able to submit his list within the stipulated deadline, which ends this Saturday, May 23. As a result, Florentino Pérez is expected to be automatically re-elected as Real Madrid president as early as Sunday, a scenario that directly benefits José Mourinho.

, meaning Enrique Riquelme’s possible entry into the electoral race could delay the Benfica coach’s arrival at the Spanish club.

If the 37-year-old businessman’s candidacy were accepted and the elections went ahead on June 7, structural decisions such as the choice of the next coach would be temporarily put on hold. Even so, Florentino Pérez would remain in office until the vote, although without room to close files considered crucial.

Thus, with Spanish banks refusing to back Enrique Riquelme, the most likely scenario at the moment is Florentino Pérez remaining as Real Madrid president and, consequently, negotiations moving forward to bring José Mourinho back to the dugout at Los Blancos.

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