JAKARTA – Florentino Perez promised to return with his “Galactico” project in his bid to win the Real Madrid presidential election on Sunday, June 7, 2026, local time. He plans to spend 174 million US dollars (around Rp3.1 trillion) this summer to recruit just one player.
The 79-year-old has said he will bring Jose Mourinho as coach and sign free transfer target Ibrahima Konate. Perez has also confirmed he will sign Inter Milan full-back Denzel Dumfries.
In a Spanish television interview on Thursday, June 4, 2026, local time, Perez told Horizonte Cuatro that he would make an offer next week that, if successful, would break Real Madrid’s transfer record.
“On Tuesday (June 2, 2026), I will make an offer to an important club, a Champions League club, for a great player.”
“That would be the largest amount of money Real Madrid has ever paid for a player in history. At least 150 million euros,” Perez said.
Perez, who has been Real Madrid president for 23 of the last 26 years, was challenged in the members’ vote by businessman Enrique Riquelme (37).
Riquelme has promised to sign Erling Haaland and Rodri from Manchester City if he is elected. He even promised to pay the club’s membership fee for a year if he failed to get both.
Perez did not mention the name of the player he plans to recruit.
“Not (Michael) Olise, he’s a great player, but not Olise. Not (Jeremy) Doku, not Haaland, not (Harry) Kane. He’s a player who plays from the middle of the pitch, or further forward.”
“He is not a Premier League player. He is a true Galactico. However, first we will talk to his club,” said Perez.
Real Madrid’s current transfer record is 119.6 million US dollars (around Rp2.1 trillion) plus the 30 percent variable they paid to bring Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund in 2023, followed by 116 million (around Rp2 trillion) plus the variable paid for Eden Hazard in 2019.
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