{"id":2078,"date":"2026-05-13T15:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:03:18","slug":"real-madrid-president-perez-calls-club-elections-will-stand-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/real-madrid-president-perez-calls-club-elections-will-stand-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid president Perez calls club elections, will stand again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-19.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-19-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-19-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid president Florentino Perez on Tuesday called club elections and announced that he would stand again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am not going to resign,&#8221; the 79-year-old Perez told a press conference towards the end of a season in which Real Madrid will finish trophyless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-0 in the Clasico at Camp Nou on Sunday to claim back-to-back La Liga titles with three games to spare. Madrid bowed out of the Champions League with a quarter-final exit against Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current Real coach Alvaro Arbeloa, who replaced Xabi Alonso in January, is unlikely to remain at the helm next season and former Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been linked with a potential return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This season has seen Madrid finish without a major trophy for a second year running. Fans have been protesting against star player Kylian Mbappe for a perceived lack of commitment, while there are stories of multiple training ground bust-ups, including one that sent midfielder Fede Valverde to the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid president Florentino Perez on Tuesday calle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2080,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions\/2080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}