Real Madrid election: model change or power struggle?
Pizpi Gisbert claims the fight for the Real Madrid presidency hides a plan to turn the member-owned club into a commercial company. Will the members give in?
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
The Florentino-Riquelme battle goes beyond football: do they want to turn Real Madrid into a commercial company?
The Real Madrid election campaign has taken an unexpected turn. According to analyst Pizpi Gisbert, the struggle between Florentino Pérez and Enrique Riquelme is not just about signings or the Super League. Behind the battle for the presidency lies a project to transform the member-owned club into a commercial entity, a far-reaching operation that would require internal political legitimacy.
What is the plan Gisbert denounces?
The video's author argues that Florentino detects structural problems in the club's current model and needs a major strategic operation. That operation, according to his theory, would consist of mutating Real Madrid – owned by its members – into a public limited company or similar structure. To do so, the president would need solid support from the Madrid fanbase to justify the move. The struggle with Riquelme would be merely a scenario to settle that support.
The two souls of madridismo
The discussion has divided fans and investors. One sector, represented by the argument that "Florentino is the lesser evil," sees in the current president a guarantee of financial stability and global brand. Another, more critical, points out that Florentino has turned the club into his personal fiefdom and that a change of board is necessary so that professional football does not remain a corpse. There are also those who distrust both and the analysts who sell "the new" as the only possible horizon.
The irony of the debate is that, if Gisbert's theory is correct, the true winner might be neither Florentino nor Riquelme, but a legal mutation that would forever change the nature of the club. Will the members dare to vote for their own dissolution as owners?
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The Real Madrid election campaign has taken an unexpected turn. According to analyst Pizpi Gisbert, the struggle between Florentino Pérez and Enrique Riquelme is not just about signings or the Super League. Behind the battle for the presidency lies a project to transform the member-owned club into a commercial entity, a far-reaching operation that would require internal political legitimacy.
What is the plan Gisbert denounces?
The video's author argues that Florentino detects structural problems in the club's current model and needs a major strategic operation. That operation, according to his theory, would consist of mutating Real Madrid – owned by its members – into a public limited company or similar structure. To do so, the president would need solid support from the Madrid fanbase to justify the move. The struggle with Riquelme would be merely a scenario to settle that support.
The two souls of madridismo
The discussion has divided fans and investors. One sector, represented by the argument that "Florentino is the lesser evil," sees in the current president a guarantee of financial stability and global brand. Another, more critical, points out that Florentino has turned the club into his personal fiefdom and that a change of board is necessary so that professional football does not remain a corpse. There are also those who distrust both and the analysts who sell "the new" as the only possible horizon.
The irony of the debate is that, if Gisbert's theory is correct, the true winner might be neither Florentino nor Riquelme, but a legal mutation that would forever change the nature of the club. Will the members dare to vote for their own dissolution as owners?
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