Enrique Riquelme announced on Monday night on "El Larguero" that Raúl González Blanco will be his sports director if he wins the Real Madrid presidency next Sunday. "If you were the president of the Chicago Bulls, who would you have as sports director? In the current situation of Real Madrid, it needs to return to those values, that Madridismo, that DNA. It has to be a legend, accompanied by great professionals. Someone who has played at Real Madrid for 16 seasons, more than 740 games, scored more than 300 goals, international over 100 times... There is no one who knows the white house better. There is no one more suitable to lead the sports project: Mr. Raúl González Blanco," he stated.
The candidate criticized the management of Florentino Pérez and his attitude in the campaign, regretting that there will be no debate between them. He insisted that the current president has already accepted that he is going to sell the club and was very critical of the mail-in voting management: "This is increasingly resembling Maduro and Venezuela."
He also hinted that "a player like Rodri will play for Real Madrid" if he wins the elections on June 7.
Riquelme stated that he already has his entire coaching staff outlined, rejected the possibility of José Mourinho being the coach, and did not rule out Mikel Arteta, praising his work in the just-concluded season. He said that throughout the week he will reveal more names and stated that he also has a foreign player lined up to strengthen the squad, which he will announce this Wednesday. He assured that he would keep Vinicius and Mbappé in the squad.