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Last Updated By Jacob Thompson on June 17th, 12:00 PM

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Perez Is Re-Elected

Florentino Perez Rodriguez returns to the Presidency of Real Madrid, the club which he presided over between 2000 and 2006.

Florentino Perez was born in Madrid on 8 March 1947. He is married, has three children and is has a degree in Engeneering from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos form Madrid's Universidad Politecnica, where he also taught Fundamentos Fisicos de las Tecnicas.

He first ran for president in 1994, an election campaign won by Ramon Mendoza. He achieved his goal on 16 July 2000 by defeating incumbent President Lorenzo Sanz. Perez was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2004 and voluntarliy resigned his office on 27 February 2006. Real Madrid underwent a profound transformation in all of its social strata during his office.

When Perez arrived at the Club in 2000, the Director of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium Plan was set under way with a double objective: improving the comfort of the stadium and the quality of its services and instalations, and increasing the revenue produced by the stadium.

Florentino's presidency managed to stengthen the Club's finances, making Real Madrid one of the richest clubs in the world. According to the Deloitte Report -the most prestigious of its kind in the world of football-, Real Madrid overtook Manchester United to become the strongest team in the world financially-speaking.

Perez signed stars of the likes of Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Beckham, Owen and Ronaldo, who joined forces with signature players like Raul, Casillas and Guti to create a winning team that thrilled all Madridismo.

This magnificent team won two league titles (2001, 2003), one Champions League (2002), one Intercontinental Cup (2002), two Spanish Super Cups (2001, 2003) and one European Super Cup (2002).

Florentino Perez kickstarted a complete renewal of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, investing 127 million euros throughout five years. This eventually led to the Bernabeu achieveing UEFA's Elite Stadium distinction. It will host the 2010 Champions League final.

Florentino Perez was also the creator of Real Madrid City at Valdebebas, the most state-of-the-art sport facility in the world. The first stone was laid on 12 May 2004 and the City was inaugurated in 2006. It is the greatest sports center ever built by a football club and covers 1,200,000 square meters, ten times bigger than the old Real Madrid City. Real Madrid Castilla were promoted to the Second Division at Valdebebas.

Florentino Perez's presidency healed the Club's financial situation, recovered the intitution's international prestige, obtained great success in the sporting field and, more importantly, regained the pride and admiration of all Madridismo.

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Last Update: Thursday, 9th June, 13:00 ESP

Real Madrid Sign Kaka For World Record Fee

Real Madrid have completed the signing of Brazilian playmaker Kaka from AC Milan on a six-year deal.

The fee is reported to be about £56m, which would be a new world record in pounds sterling, surpassing the £45.6m Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.

Kaka, 27, revealed he has joined the Spanish club to help the Italians overcome their financial difficulties.
"I wanted to stay but the world crisis affected my decision," he said. "I knew I'd only leave Milan to play for Real."

The attacking midfielder, speaking after having a medical in Recife, where Brazil face Paraguay in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday, added: "I spoke with the Milan directors and we reached the conclusion that the best thing for everybody would be to sell."

And he revealed that the deal had been in the pipeline for some time."I've been weighing up the offer from Real Madrid a lot," he confirmed. "It's an important project for me to continue growing in my career. I'm not going to Real Madrid for money, as I had other offers.

The Brazilian enjoyed great success in his six years at the San Siro. In 2007 alone Milan picked up the Champions League as well as the Uefa Super Cup and the Fifa Club World Cup, while his Brazil side won the Confederations Cup and he was also voted the Fifa World Player Of The Year.

He has also won the Seria A title and was part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning squad. Although under contract at the San Siro until 2013, in January Manchester City made an audacious £100m bid, offering a reported £500,000 a week in wages but Kaka opted to stay in Italy.

More recently he was linked with a move to Stamford Bridge following the arrival of former Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti at Stamford Bridge.

Kaka will now be playing alongside the likes of Raul and Casillas

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Updated: June 26th 2009, 11:00 AM UK
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Ronaldo Deal 'All But Done'

Ronaldo who's career has been filled with controversy may be a new world record signing

Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is on the verge of completing his £80 million switch to Real Madrid after the two clubs reached a final agreement.

The World Player of the Year is now set to move to the Spanish giants on a six-year contract, with the sale due to be completed on 1st July.

He will then be officially unveiled as a Real player on 6th July at the Bernabeu stadium in the Spanish capital.

The Primera Liga club said in a statement on their official website: "Real Madrid and Manchester United have signed the final agreement for the transfer of the rights of the player Cristiano Ronaldo, effective 1st July.

"The player will remain at Real Madrid for the next six seasons and will be presented on 6th July at the Bernabeu stadium."

United also confirmed the agreement on their website, saying: "Cristiano Ronaldo's departure is all but done and dusted after Real Madrid and Manchester United finalised the agreement for his transfer on Friday evening.

"The Portuguese winger was the subject of a world-record £80million offer from the Spanish club on Thursday 11th June.

"He has since been on holiday but a return to work with new employers now beckons, with the sale set to be completed on Wednesday 1st July.

"United have made no further comment, other than to confirm the finalisation."

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July 4th 2009, 13:00 ESP

Tevez Opts For Madrid

Tevez swaps rainy Manchester for sunny Madrid

Former Manchester United and Boca Juniors star Carlos Tevez has put pen to paper with Real Madrid for a fee of £15M.

The Argentinean international has signed a five year deal with Spanish giants Real Madrid. The player who spent two seasons at Manchester United scoring over twenty-five goals in the process has opted to sign for Madrid over staying in England with Chelsea and Manchester City reportedly interested in Tevez.

The Argentine left Manchester United at the end of last season when he was unhappy about playing predominantly as a substitute. He said that the arrival of Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov stopped him from receiving enough matchplay and he knew his future was elsewhere.

Tevez a two time Premiership winner and a Champions League winner with United says that although he enjoyed his time in Manchester, Madrid was where he wanted to go. ' I loved Manchester but I didn't get enough time to play on the pitch and I knew that I had to leave. United didn't want to spend the £25.5M on me so I decided even if they did offer me a contract, I would leave. Real are a great club with a fantastic history. Also they have signed Cristiano Ronaldo who is a good friend of mine from Manchester. They have great ambition for the future and the new Chairman Mr. Perez assured me that I wouldn't regret signing for Real. I hope I enjoy my time here and I look forward to the new season especially.'

Elsewhere Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his £80M record move to Real. He will join Tevez, Kaka and Raul Albiol but will Real be breaking the bank once again?

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I think you need to bring in another strong centre back...Pepe is good but the others arent that great. I would look to be bring in someone like Vidic.