Post by sahahaha on Jul 3, 2006 17:10:18 GMT
Real Madrid this afternoon announced Ramon Calderon as the winner of the presidential elections at the club.
Calderon had already announced late yesterday evening that he had prevailed, but Real initially refused to confirm his triumph, saying there were postal votes to be counted. The club's board subsequently decided not to consider the postal votes, saying they were creating controversy as well as potentially making the process last much longer.
"The electoral board of Real Madrid football club unanimously declares that the candidature that has received most electoral votes and which is headed by Ramon Calderon has won the elections," read a statement on the club's website. Calderon received 8,344 votes while Juan Palacios was second with 8,098.
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The presidency had been in question since the end of Florentino Pérez's six-year tenure in February, when he resigned as he felt the club needed a new direction. Vice-president Fernando Martín was immediately promoted to replace him but his stint as president lasted only two months before he too resigned. Luis Gomez-Montejano, being the eldest member of the board, was then put in charge on an interim basis until Sunday's elections.
Calderon's chief task as the new Real supremo will be to make sure the team start winning trophies again, having not claimed any major silverware since clinching the league title in 2003.
During his campaign, Calderon told voters of his intention to bring former manager Fabio Capello back to the Bernabéu. Capello, currently the Juventus coach, led Real to the Spanish title in the 1996-97 campaign. He has also spoken brazenly of recruiting Milan superstar Kaka, Arsenal youngster Cesc Fábregas and Chelsea's Arjen Robben.
Calderon, a 55-year-old lawyer who has been a club executive since 2002, knows Real are crying out for stability at the helm and if Capello agrees to return to Spain, the new president will have pulled off a major coup. Capello has won back-to-back titles in Serie A with Juventus but the Turin giants are facing possible relegation to Serie B because of a football scandal in Italy which erupted at the end of the season.
Pérez's inability to find a coach capable of creating a successful team was one of the chief reasons for his decision to step down from his post earlier this year.
Calderon had already announced late yesterday evening that he had prevailed, but Real initially refused to confirm his triumph, saying there were postal votes to be counted. The club's board subsequently decided not to consider the postal votes, saying they were creating controversy as well as potentially making the process last much longer.
"The electoral board of Real Madrid football club unanimously declares that the candidature that has received most electoral votes and which is headed by Ramon Calderon has won the elections," read a statement on the club's website. Calderon received 8,344 votes while Juan Palacios was second with 8,098.
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The presidency had been in question since the end of Florentino Pérez's six-year tenure in February, when he resigned as he felt the club needed a new direction. Vice-president Fernando Martín was immediately promoted to replace him but his stint as president lasted only two months before he too resigned. Luis Gomez-Montejano, being the eldest member of the board, was then put in charge on an interim basis until Sunday's elections.
Calderon's chief task as the new Real supremo will be to make sure the team start winning trophies again, having not claimed any major silverware since clinching the league title in 2003.
During his campaign, Calderon told voters of his intention to bring former manager Fabio Capello back to the Bernabéu. Capello, currently the Juventus coach, led Real to the Spanish title in the 1996-97 campaign. He has also spoken brazenly of recruiting Milan superstar Kaka, Arsenal youngster Cesc Fábregas and Chelsea's Arjen Robben.
Calderon, a 55-year-old lawyer who has been a club executive since 2002, knows Real are crying out for stability at the helm and if Capello agrees to return to Spain, the new president will have pulled off a major coup. Capello has won back-to-back titles in Serie A with Juventus but the Turin giants are facing possible relegation to Serie B because of a football scandal in Italy which erupted at the end of the season.
Pérez's inability to find a coach capable of creating a successful team was one of the chief reasons for his decision to step down from his post earlier this year.
