Isabel Díaz Ayuso said Thursday on esRadio that Florentino Pérez has been “the best president” Real Madrid has had and that “Le debemos muchísimo todos,” a public endorsement that landed the same week a court exculpated the club over noise from the Santiago Bernabéu.
Ayuso went further in praise, saying: "Creo que ha sido el mejor presidente que ha tenido el club y creo que es uno de los mejores empresarios de este país," and credited Pérez with exporting the club’s brand worldwide and attracting attention and citizens from many places to Real Madrid.
Asked about internal club elections, Ayuso declined to wade in, saying, "Ninguna institución se mete en los procesos electorales internos de otras," and she steered the conversation toward local policy after judges cleared the club on Wednesday of responsibility for stadium noise.
On that point Ayuso said her government will push to give legal certainty to promoters and to make it easier to combine daily life with the stadium’s activity — an explicit promise to shape how games and construction coexist with neighbors after the court ruling.
The praise from Ayuso arrives as Florentino Pérez has publicly defended himself and the club. In a recent press conference, described in an article in elDiario.es, Pérez reacted to criticism after a poor season by saying, "Yo lucho contra todos," and adding, "Todo es una campaña contra el Real Madrid y contra mí." He also said, "Me da vergüenza decirlo, pero me han elegido el mejor presidente de la historia. De todos los clubes."
The structural facts around Real Madrid’s internal contests underscore why the endorsements matter. According to the elDiario.es piece, Pérez has been reelected without opposition since 2009 and the club’s bylaws require any candidacy to personally guarantee 15% of the annual budget — a figure that currently means more than 180 million euros must be guaranteed to run.
That combination — repeated unopposed reelections and a candidacy rule that demands sizeable personal guarantees — is the practical weight behind Ayuso’s words: praise from a regional leader strengthens a figure who sits behind high financial and procedural barriers to challenge.
There is an awkward tension between Ayuso’s refusal to interfere and the reality she described. She insisted no institution involves itself in another’s internal elections, yet her government is proposing legal changes affecting stadium activity, and her public backing is a political act with consequences for public perception. At the same time, Pérez’s own framing of criticism as a campaign against him and the club — "Todo es una campaña contra el Real Madrid y contra mí" — sits uneasily next to the fact that the playing field for challengers includes a more than 180 million euro guarantee and a history of uncontested renewals since 2009.
The coming weeks will test how those threads align. Ayuso has already signaled policy follow‑through on the Bernabéu’s neighborhood impact; Pérez has insisted he is fighting attacks and has invoked popular validation. For observers who track the club’s internal dynamics, the combination of legal rulings, government promises and the club’s election rules will likely determine whether Pérez remains insulated from challenge or whether political and legal maneuvers open space for competitors.
The moment crystallizes into a clear fact: with a judicial clearance on noise, a high candidacy threshold and public praise from a prominent regional leader, Florentino Pérez’s position looks bolstered — even as he proclaims himself under siege. For now, the most immediate question is whether any prospective candidate can surmount the financial barrier and the political momentum Ayuso’s statements keep in place.
Readers following the club’s fallout can also trace related debates about defense of the institution and possible leadership alternatives in recent coverage, including a dispatch on the club’s response and another on a potential managerial candidate that have been published by this newsroom: Barca Fc: Yuste vows defence after Florentino Pérez press conference and José Mourinho emerges again as Florentino Perez’s leading candidate to steady Real Madrid.
