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đŸ—žïž Florentino PĂ©rez's statement dominates today's front pages

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Wednesday’s news agenda has been dominated unanimously by the public appearance of Florentino PĂ©rez. What was expected to be an institutional announcement to call elections at Real Madrid after a t...

đŸ—žïž Florentino PĂ©rez's statement dominates today's front pages Wednesday’s news agenda has been dominated unanimously by the public appearance of Florentino PĂ©rez . What was expected to be an institutional announcement to call elections at Real Madrid after a trophyless season turned into an unprecedented full-frontal attack on the media and football institutions. The sports press forms a united front against the "farce" The sports newspapers agree in describing the press conference as one of the most bizarre of the Real Madrid president’s tenure, highlighting his lack of self-criticism and his aggressiveness.

The newspaper MARCA runs the huge headline " CONFUSION . " It describes the appearance as "grotesque" and highlights a rambling speech in which the president refused to talk about the team’s sporting crisis and instead focused on attacking the press. It quotes two devastating lines: "They stole seven league titles from me" and a defiant "They’ll have to drag me out at gunpoint" .

AS chooses the president’s most aggressive quote for its front page: "THEY’LL HAVE TO DRAG ME OUT AT GUNPOINT. " The paper underlines that Florentino urgently called elections while ironically asking why no one is running against him: "Maybe they’re afraid of me. " It also highlights his complaint about a "campaign" against him and the club.

MUNDO DEPORTIVO leads with a blunt " DELIRIOUS ," with the Catalan daily describing a press conference that "turned into a grotesque farce" . It says Pérez once again pulled out the "Negreira card" to justify his own failures, indulged in self-praise, and showed "zero self-criticism" . SPORT uses the term "REAL FARCE" , claiming that Florentino showed "his worst side.