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Florentino Pérez held an emergency press conference following Real Madrid's La Liga title loss to Barcelona. The press conference was called after a Board of Directors meeting, but specific details about the content were not disclosed in advance.
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With the chase for the La Liga title now officially over for another year, after Barcelona sealed the deal via a 2-0 El Clåsico win on Sunday, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez called an impromptu press conference on Tuesday.
Exactly what was to be expected from the 79-year-old was unclear, with Madrid simply stating that he would "appear in the press room of Real Madrid City after the Board of Directors meeting and will address the media in a press conference."
In front of a room filled to the brim with the media, Pérez ultimately opened the floodgates, addressing his position amongst numerous other topics during his hour-long press conference.
Pérez repeatedly went after reporters during his press conference -Credit:Burak Akbulut/Anadolu via Getty Images
The emergency press conference was called after Real Madrid's loss in the La Liga title race to Barcelona.
Barcelona won the El ClĂĄsico match against Real Madrid 2-0, securing the La Liga title.
The specific statements made by Florentino Pérez during the press conference have not been disclosed.
The press conference took place on Tuesday, following a Board of Directors meeting.

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"I regret to tell you that I am not going to resign," he said, announcing instead that a presidential election would be taking place.
"I have made that decision because an absurd situation has been created, caused by campaigns against Real Madridâs interests and against me. The results have not been the best, but in sport you do not always win. They are taking advantage of the situation to attack me personally.
"Some have said that I have terminal cancer... Iâd like to take this opportunity so that the people who have been worried about me know that I remain president of Real Madrid and my company, that my health is perfect; I couldnât be in both places if my health were not perfect. If I had cancer as has been said, I would have to go to an oncology center; if I had gone, wouldnât it have appeared everywhere in the world?"
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PĂ©rez wasn't afraid to call out an ABC reporter, stating, "'Before the Board meeting, Florentino says, 'Iâm very tired.' But do you really think I say this before going in? David SĂĄnchez de Castro, are you here? So I can greet you, to see why you publish that. I get up early in the morning and Iâm the last one to go to bed, I work like an animal."
"To those behind this campaign, moving in the shadows: let them stand in the elections, now they have the chance to do so. Iâm going to stand to defend Real Madridâs interests."
PĂ©rez and reporter RubĂ©n Cañizares got into it over what the president believes to be unfair coverage of him by Grupo Vocento, Relevo, and ABC. At one point, PĂ©rez said, "Relevo, you knew what it was, didnât you? It set out to make a digital newspaper that lost 25 million in its lifetime and whose only purpose was to go after Real Madrid and its president.
"And Iâm sorry, because my father read ABC and subscribed me many years ago, but now I have made the decision that Iâm going to cancel my ABC subscription to honor my father, who will thank me for it."
"The first Bernabéu contract was for the roof and it cost 600 million, then the underground works almost 400 million, and the third tender was for the decoration and the seats," he said. "To do harm they say it started at 600 and ended at 1.3 billion; of course, if you build a house you do some things and pay, then do others and pay."
"Along the way we have come across a corruption case like the Negreira case, the biggest case in history," he said. "It is incomprehensible that we see referees from that time, who have been around for two decades. We are going to go to UEFA so they can stamp it out at the root, for the good of world football, over the Negreira case."
Pérez made his position crystal clear that he was "not going to talk about coaches or players." However, this didn't stop some reporters from trying their luck.
Asked if the club was intent on bringing back JosĂ© Mourinho, PĂ©rez responded, "Weâre not at that procedural stage."
He went on to say, "Iâm standing to return the clubâs assets to its members, because from what I see day by day, theyâre being taken away from them. Some journalists want me gone, and not only am I not going anywhere, but Iâm standing in the elections because I want Madrid to continue belonging to its members."
"In those wars itâs not always Madrid that suffers, other teams do too because they tell me so. Letâs see if UEFA steps in on this matter, because it will," PĂ©rez said.
"It cannot be that there is suspicion of corruption paid for over 20 years (by Barcelona). I did not come here so referees could enrich themselves with Barcelonaâs money."
"Heâs calling them so there can be candidates. That gentleman who talks to the electricity companies and has a South American accent should stand. A Mexican accent."
While the details of exactly what happened between Fede Valderde and Aurélien Tchouaméni, what is known is that both players were fined half a million Euros each, and the Uruguayan was "diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury."
PĂ©rez, however, brushed aside the incident, saying, "There was one year when I fired three coaches, itâs not the first time thatâs happened. And itâs not the first time two players have fought, it happens every season, because they get wound up. What happened here is that someone told it for the first time, and we know who told it."
He went on to add, "For me the leak is worse than the fight. The next day theyâre friends and go have coffee. In my 25 years of history itâs the first time Iâve seen it.
"I think itâs very wrong and I think itâs worse that they brought it to light. Iâve been here 26 years and there hasnât been a single one in which two players, or four, havenât fought."
"I havenât gone to the doctor, let an oncologist in Madrid who has treated me tell me. Itâs just that friends have called me and told me Iâm terminally ill," he said.
"Iâm going to finish off all the bad guys. Iâm not going to stop, have no doubt about that. Iâm of an age, I have a company. Last year we grew by 65 percent last year. Itâs as if after that they come after me. But theyâre not ashamed of what happened with Negreira."
When pointing to FOX's Lola Hernåndez, Pérez said, "That girl, who has the right to speak. All of you are very ugly."
"I have been watching what they are doing in the mediaâthe Segurolas, the Relañosâwho think they invented football," PĂ©rez said.
"We call them 'the intellectuals of the regime.' We are the best team in the world, why do I have to put up with them saying Madrid is in chaos... And whoever wants to run, let them run. I have enough money to preside over the club without anything shady going on."
"There is a conspiracy of journalists who think they run Real Madrid," he said. "They have even said that we are broke. The stadium has cost what a stadium costs."
"What will the other clubs say if we are the bad guys? What is wrong with AtlĂ©tico de Madrid, why donât they go after AtlĂ©tico de Madrid, for Godâs sake?" PĂ©rez asked. "If there isnât a club in history like Real Madrid, what do they want? For us to win 10-0 every day."
"The external ones I have to report. Journalistsâif a player didnât give them his mobile number, they would kill him. Journalists have no power because people are very smart. Football comes from a very bad history; JosĂ© MarĂa GarcĂa did a lot of damage and others replaced him. To me, they are much less important."