Florentino freestyle: best lines from a surreal press conference | OneFootball

Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez appeared before the media this Tuesday to announce that he is not resigning and that he is calling elections.

That is the big headline, but the president also found time to passionately defend the club, launch a frontal attack on critical media outlets, argue with a couple of journalists, and along the way leave us with a number of memorable quotes.

Was this the most surreal press conference ever given by the Real Madrid president? Here we revisit his best quotes.

"I regret to tell you that I am not going to resign."

"Some people have said that I have terminal cancer. I’d like to take this opportunity to let the people who were worried about me know that my health is perfect."

"I am going to put an end to all the bad guys. I’m not going to stop, make no mistake about it."

"Leave the enemies within to me."

"They have stolen seven league titles from us"

"There is a conspiracy of journalists who think they run Real Madrid."

"The Segurolas, the Relaños... we call them 'the intellectuals of the regime'."

"There is a woman writing in ABC who I’m not sure knows anything about football"

"Onda Cero? Talk to Segurola, please. I’ve got one in every outlet."

"That young lady, who has the right to speak. All of you are very ugly." (As he gave the floor to a veteran Fox journalist.)

"We are not at that procedural stage." (When he was asked whether he would sign Mourinho.)

"My father used to read ABC and subscribed me many years ago. I have made the decision to cancel my subscription to honor my father, who will thank me for it."

"The players fight every season, because they wind each other up. The difference is that someone has talked about it for the first time, and we know who told it."

"That man who talks to the electricity companies and has a South American accent, let him come forward. A Mexican accent."

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📸 JAVIER SORIANO - AFP or licensors