Junior football dream

Chapter 172 Politicians, businessmen and superstar followers

Perez Real Madrid's six-year record
Since entering Real Madrid in 2000, Florentino has attracted the attention of most fans with his famous one-year superstar policy.Under his leadership, Real Madrid went from being deeply indebted to becoming the highest-paid club in the world, and has won La Liga, the Champions League, the Toyota Cup, and even the Euroleague championship.Compared with the team's performance, Florentino is more enthusiastic about the club's business development. However, no matter whether he agrees with this approach or not, he has to admit that he is one of the most influential chairmen in the history of the Real Madrid club.During his six years as president, Real Madrid has been deeply imprinted by Florentino.
Florentino Perez, born in Madrid on March 1947, 3, is married with three children. In the 8s, Florentino participated in the right-wing political party, the Center Democratic Alliance. After the death of the dictator Franco, he played a certain role in assisting Spain in the process of transforming from a dictatorship to a democratic country.Florentino then turned to the business world and served as the chairman of ACS Group, the largest construction company in Spain and the third largest in Europe.
In 1995, Florentino and Mendoza ran for president of Real Madrid and lost by 698 votes.
In 2000, he ran for the chairman of Real Madrid with Mendoza's successor Sanz.Before the election, Florentino promised to poach Portuguese star Figo from Barcelona with a transfer fee of US$5600 million, which was a record at the time, and threatened that if the acquisition failed, he would spend US$890 million to pay all members of the club for a season. ticket spending.In the election, he defeated Mendoza in an upset and was elected with 55% of the votes. He successfully signed a six-year contract with Figo.
In 2001, the Real Madrid training ground located in the city center was sold to the Madrid Municipal Government for US$5 million, successfully clearing the club's debt of US$9 million.In the same year, Real Madrid won the first La Liga title in 4 years.Florentino then signed French star Zinedine Zidane from Juventus for $3 million, still the world's highest transfer fee.
In 2002, Real Madrid ushered in the first.The team lost to Deportivo in the King's Cup final, but at the Hampton Park Stadium in Glasgow, relying on Zidane's goal to defeat Leverkusen 2-1, won the 9th European Champions Cup in the club's history.In the summer of the same year, before the end of the transfer period, Brazilian striker Ronaldo was bought from Inter Milan with a transfer fee of 4400 million US dollars.Then Real Madrid won the European Super Cup and the World Club Championship.
In 2003, Real Madrid won the 29th league championship in history, but Florentino announced the dismissal of boss Bosque, replaced by Manchester United assistant Queiroz, and introduced the England national team from Manchester United for $6 million in June Captain Beckham.
In 2004, Real Madrid lost to Zaragoza in the Copa del Rey final and was eliminated by Monaco in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, ranking only fourth in La Liga.In May of that year, Florentino introduced Argentine central defender Samuel from Rome for a transfer fee of 5 million US dollars. This was the first time he introduced a defensive player at a high price.At the same time, coach Queiroz was dismissed and former Real Madrid player Camacho became the team's new coach. On July 2600, Perez successfully ran for re-election and continued to serve as the chairman of Real Madrid. In August, Real Madrid signed England double stars Woodgate and Owen. In September, Camacho, who had just taken office, resigned after only leading the team to play 7 league games, and assistant coach Raymond became the interim head coach. In December, Florentino fired Raymond and hired Brazilian Luxenberg to coach Real Madrid.
In 2005, Real Madrid won nothing for the second consecutive season. They won the runner-up behind Barcelona in La Liga, were eliminated by Juventus in the Champions League, and lost to the second-tier team Valladolid in the Copa del Rey. In August, Florentino spent more than 8 million US dollars to acquire Brazilian strikers Robinho and Baptista, Uruguayan internationals Pablo Garcia and Diogo, and Spanish teenager Ramos. In December, Florentino fired Luxembourg, Sacchi resigned from the position of sports director, and the second team coach Carlo took over the coach of Real Madrid.
2006年，德勤会计师事务所宣布皇马超越曼联，成为世界上收入最高的足球俱乐部。皇马连续在冠军杯八分之一决赛第一回合主场0-1不敌阿森纳、在西甲客场1-2输给马洛卡，联赛积分榜上落后巴萨10分。
On February 2006, 2, Florentino announced his resignation as Real Madrid chairman, and Fernando Martin became his successor.
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