At the same time Riquelme sat with Pablo Motos in El Hormiguero, Florentino Pérez counterattacked by announcing the signing of Jose Mourinho. The presidential candidate was not too concerned, as he assured that the Portuguese was not a signing that fit with his sports policy: “He is a good coach, but the profile of our project is a completely different style. I don’t like Mourinho for my project. I have another coach.”
Pablo Motos tried to get the name of the new coach from him, but Riquelme cleared the ball, focused on announcing the name of his star. “I can’t tell you the name, but it might help you after the biggest star in the world after the Madrid players.” However, he did give clues about the new coach, saying that Raúl had gotten to work and that he was a coach that “the Real Madrid partner really likes.” “It’s what the fans want,” insisted Riquelme, who said that as the candidacy progressed, he became excited.
“We are going to try to name the coach that all the fans want to coach Madrid,” insisted Enrique Riquelme, who hopes to be able to announce it on “Friday or Saturday.”
We are going to try to name the coach and make it the one that all the fans want to coach Madrid.
The candidate made it clear that the sporting decisions will be made by Raúl, Hierro and the coach and he believes that the sporting field must be given power to avoid problems like the ones this season. “It’s not about heavy hand, but about authority.”