MADRID.- The candidate for the presidency of real Madrid, Enrique Riquelmestated that, if he wins, his sports director will be the former merengue star Raúl González.
“If I am president of Real Madrid, Mr. Raúl González Blanco will be the sports director of Real Madrid,” said Riquelme in an interview with the Ser network in the early hours of this Tuesday.
Raúl, Real Madrid’s third best historical scorer (323) only behind Cristiano Ronaldo (451) and Karim Benzema (354), is one of the recent legends of the merengue team.
The man who has played the most matches in the white shirt “is the right person to lead, by far, a sporting project like the one coming to Real Madrid,” added Riquelme.
Raúl, international with Spain On 102 occasions, he has also been coach of the Merengue reserve team between 2019 and 2025.
Riquelme, the only rival of the current president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perezin the June 7 elections, is gradually revealing his sporting project for the club if he wins.
This renewable energy businessman announced that in the remaining days he will reveal more names of possible players and a coach.
“There are still days of the campaign and my idea is to give names and surprises day by day,” Riquelme added to the Ser network.
The candidate stated that he has had contacts with the representative of the player of the Manchester City, Rodrigo Hernández ‘Rodri’but he did not specify if he would have him tied up.
On Monday, Rodri avoided talking about his future at the Spanish team’s media day.
“With a World ahead, my responsibility is to focus” on the quote from Mexico, Canada and USA which begins next June 11, he stated.
Olmo sees Yamal “good” ahead of the World Cup
The forward of the Spanish team Dani Olmo He assured this Tuesday that he sees “well” Lamine Yamal, in the process of recovering from a muscle injury, a few days before World (June 11-July 19).
“Well, I see him well, training little by little in his readaptation process,” said Olmo at a sponsorship event for La Roja in Las Rozason the outskirts of Madrid.
Yamal and Nico Williams They are recovering from muscle injuries, waiting to be available for the start of Spain in the World Cup next June 15 against Cape Verde.
“They are going through a good process, I understand, so we celebrate it and we, therefore, continue preparing on our own until they can rejoin,” added Olmo in the Ciudad del Fútbol, where Spain is concentrated.
