Real Madrid confirm Florentino Pérez bid and put up a banner | OneFootball

Real Madrid released a statement on Saturday morning confirming that Florentino Pérez’s candidacy for the presidency of the club is official.

As the statement was being released, Florentino Pérez unveiled a banner near the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

Afterwards, they announced it in a statement...

Club statement

"With the Electoral Board of Real Madrid Club de Fútbol assembled, the following resolutions have been adopted:

IN ATTENDANCE:

PRESIDENT        Mr. José Manuel de Carlos Grau

SECRETARY        Mr. Juan Raúl Castellanos Tarragó

MEMBER                  Mr. Lorenzo Álvarez Martín

MEMBER                  Mr. Alfredo Revuelta de la Puente

MEMBER                  Mr. Luis Alejandro Huerta Calvo

Chaired by Mr. José Manuel de Carlos Grau, with Mr. Juan Raúl Castellanos Tarragó acting as secretary. For this purpose, it is hereby recorded:

At 12:30 p.m. on Friday, May 22, Mr. Eduardo Fernández de Blas, representative of the presidential candidacy of member no. 1,484, Mr. Florentino Pérez Rodríguez, appeared before this Electoral Board. He submitted to this Electoral Board the candidacy documentation (...).

Having examined in detail the candidacy submitted within the deadline, and as it meets all the requirements set out in the current electoral rules and other applicable legal provisions, this Electoral Board unanimously adopts the following resolution:

TO DECLARE VALID THE CANDIDACY SUBMITTED BY MR. EDUARDO FERNÁNDEZ DE BLAS AND HEADED BY MR. FLORENTINO PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ, in accordance with the provisions of Article 40, sections B) and C) of the club’s current statutes, AND TO SEND NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE TO THE SAID CANDIDACY VIA THE EMAIL ADDRESS PROVIDED BY THE CANDIDACY’S REPRESENTATIVE".

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