Lakers want LeBron James to return for another season alongside Luka Doncic, GM Rob Pelinka says
Lakers GM Rob Pelinka wants LeBron James to return for another season alongside Luka Doncic.
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez announced he will not resign and will run for re-election amid personal attacks and claims of fatigue. He emphasized his commitment to the club and plans to address corruption allegations against Barcelona.
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“An absurd situation has arisen because of a campaign against the interests of Real Madrid and against me in particular. The results haven’t been the best, but they’re using this as an opportunity to attack me personally. They ask where Florentino is. They say I don’t exist, that I have terminal cancer. I’d like to take this opportunity to say that I continue to lead Madrid every day, just as I do my company (ACS). My health is perfect. I’d have to go to a cancer center to get checked out. They’ve decided that I’m tired.”
“ABC reported this before the meeting began: ‘I’m very tired.’ It’s true that we haven’t won anything this year. We’ve won 66 titles with me as president. I want to talk about the people behind this campaign. Let’s see if they show up; we’re going to show up, and I invite them to do the same. Here at Madrid, the members are in charge as long as I’m here. If I look tired, it’s because I work hard.”
“Stop beating around the bush, take the plunge, step forward, and put up the necessary funds. Why isn’t anyone running against me? It must be because they’re afraid of me. Florentino isn’t going anywhere until the members want me to leave. They’ll have to shoot me to get me out.”
Florentino Pérez called for elections to counter a campaign against him and to reaffirm his leadership at Real Madrid.
Florentino Pérez highlighted systemic corruption in the Negreira case and announced plans to submit a comprehensive dossier to UEFA.
Pérez stated his health is perfect and criticized those claiming he is tired, asserting he works hard for the club.
The dossier is a compilation of objective facts regarding corruption in soccer, specifically addressing issues related to Barcelona.
Lakers GM Rob Pelinka wants LeBron James to return for another season alongside Luka Doncic.
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“They’ve been paying for two decades, but the fact is that in this third decade, it’s the same referees. We will submit a comprehensive dossier to UEFA so that they can nip this in the bud and resolve the case for the good of world soccer.”
“The corruption in the Negreira case is systemic. That we have to hear the CTA president say that these are things we need to forget… But how can we forget? We’re putting together a 500-page dossier that we’re going to send to UEFA. I’ve already gone to speak with them. There is simply no precedent in the history of world soccer. How can we possibly forget the biggest corruption case in history? It is incomprehensible that we continue to see referees from that era in a competition like La Liga.”
“Let’s see if we take this seriously and if UEFA finally steps in on this issue, and they will, because they can’t allow the most important soccer, which is European soccer, to be under suspicion of corruption that has been going on for 20 years. Let’s see what happens on the criminal front and then on the sporting front with UEFA, who have agreed to let us send them the entire dossier. And let’s see what happens.”
“We’ve been working on this for two years. It’s a compilation of objective facts. We’re going to see this through to the end. Because this is the most serious case of corruption in the history of soccer. It’s for the good of soccer, not to pick on Barcelona.”
“We’ve come up empty-handed, and I’ve been here for I don’t know how many seasons, yet I’ve only won seven European Cups and seven league titles, which could have been 14 if they hadn’t been stolen from me. We’ve made a video about the 18 points they’ve taken away from us this season. I can’t just stay silent about this.”
“I think it’s really bad, and I think it’s even worse that they’ve made it public. I’ve been here for 26 years, and there hasn’t been a single year when two players haven’t gotten into a fight… or four. But I think it’s really bad that it’s getting out. They’ve fought every single year I’ve been here. It’s just like how young people fight, one kicks the other, the other kicks back, and then they’re friends again. For me, the leak is worse, because it implies there’s more to it than just a fight where the next day they’re friends and go out for coffee. I think this is the first time I’ve seen it in my 26 years here, and that worries me too. It’s not the first time two players have fought, nor is it the first time I’ve fired coaches. I fired three coaches in one year, that’s not the first time that’s happened. And it’s not the first time two players have come to blows; they fight every season because they get under each other’s skin. What’s happening here is that this year it’s been reported for the first time, and we know who reported it.”