Florentino Pérez spoke for the first time since the departure of Sergio Ramos from Real Madrid was consummated, 16 seasons later. The former white captain did not leave in silence, he took advantage of his press conference to tell his version of events: Madrid offered him one more year and he wanted two, so he rejected the offer; When he wanted to accept it, in June, the club told him that it had already expired and that he had no place in the team, an expiration date of the offer that, affirms the Sevillian, did not know.
Florentino of course gave his point of view on this question in the interview he gave in 'El Transistor' on Onda Cero on Thursday: “We offered him a contract, we told him he had a deadline, and he wouldn't admit it. He thought otherwise … “. Although seconds before he had said that he was not going to “give my version”, Florentino finally transmitted the position of the club: the expiration date always existed. But it was the only negative reference to Ramos in an interview in which the white president He focused on remembering all the good things that have united him with the one from Beds, including a possible future again at Madrid when his career ends.
“I had a hard time, I love Sergio like a son, I brought him in 2005,” Florentino explained about the farewell act they performed together. “I have adoration for Sergio, I do not want to talk about that topic (about the negotiation of the renewal). He will do very well for sure and he will come back, this is her house. I will be happy if a club arrives and offers them what we have not been able to give them, “said the Madrid coach. Good words for signing the peace for Ramos.
In fact, José Ramón de la Morena consulted Florentino about the tendency that the great players of Madrid have to go bad with the club, or in situations of tension. “It's not easy, but I've been in for many years and I think I manage them well (those outings). I always do everything thinking about Madrid. Raúl said it at his farewell press conference. The departure of Casillas? The day he left, it didn't go well, I called him and told him that I had to do a goodbye with the titles. Perhaps, with the nerves, the day before was not very successful. He had to say goodbye like a legend. “
Florentino-Ramos, a tough negotiation
With Ramos, this false step was not reached, as was that first farewell to Casillas, and Florentino's general intention It was to calm the waters with a view to a future in which he can return to Madrid, as others who left abruptly did: Hierro, Raúl, Casillas himself … For months, the negotiations between Madrid and the surroundings of Ramos have focused on the central defender and the president., given the tension that was experienced with other members of the process, such as René Ramos, agent and brother of the captain, and José Ángel Sánchez, general director of the club.
Those face-to-face negotiations between Ramos and Florentino did not come to fruition, but the president showed his determination in the interview on Onda Cero for leaving the quarrels behind and transferring that, when his professional career as a player ends, the Sevillian will have a hole in the club's structure, either training (as happened with Xabi Alonso, Raúl, Guti, Álvaro Benito …) or as a white representative, in the style of Casillas or Paco Gento.