Casillas would have “a top-level position” at Real Madrid with Riquelme as president

The CEO of Cox Energy and candidate for the presidency of Real Madrid, Enrique Riquelme, has confirmed that former Merengue goalkeeper Iker Casillas “will have a top-level position in the club’s structure” if this candidacy defeats that of Florentino Pérez in the elections on June 7.

This Thursday, Riquelme sent a letter to all members of the white club to explain “the main axes of his project in the final stretch of the electoral process, focusing on the defense of the ownership model, transparency and the recovery of the member’s prominence,” according to the press release of his candidacy.

“Riquelme underlines the need to promote a change in the way the club is governed, based on ‘more transparency, more internal democracy and more control over management’, with the aim of returning the member to the center of decisions,” the note quoted the candidate’s statements.

In the sporting field, according to the same note, Riquelme stressed “his commitment” to combining “the recruitment of top-level talent with youth development”, having announced the incorporation of Raúl González Blanco as sports director and Fernando Hierro as head of these Real Madrid youth categories, “with the aim of reinforcing the club’s identity from its sports structure.”

“Because we want a model that combines signing galacticos and creating galacticos,” Riquelme himself commented, then confirming that Casillas “will have a first-level role in the club’s corporate structure, reinforcing a model that places the great legends at the heart of strategic decisions.”

“Historical captain of Real Madrid and a benchmark in world football, his incorporation completes the trio of key figures called to lead this new stage,” added the candidate’s letter, including a personal commitment to sports matters; This is linked to the club’s ability to attract top-level players and which Riquelme presents “as a sign of direct responsibility for the sporting project.”

Furthermore, he conveyed a message of calm to all Real Madrid employees ahead of election day: “I fully trust your ethics and professionalism, and you know better than anyone that the decisions that are being documented correspond to the management’s sphere.”

Riquelme then invited the members to participate with “freedom and without fear”, appealing to the importance of this event as “a decisive moment to define the Real Madrid model for the coming decades.” “With this initiative, the candidacy reinforces its positioning around three main axes: the defense of the members’ club model, the improvement of governance and the construction of a sports project aligned with the history and values ​​of Real Madrid,” the note noted.

Finally, Pérez’s opponent at the polls proposed “a battery of measures aimed at strengthening access and the relationship of members with the club, among which stands out the promotion of a draw before a notary for 10,000 new season tickets, conceived as a transparent and equitable mechanism to facilitate access to the stadium.”