Calderón, who was already embroiled in the lawsuit of "eating and drinking with public funds," was suddenly pushed to the forefront of the Spanish football scene!
Previously, Calderón's and his family's daily expenses, no matter how big or small, were all paid by the Real Madrid Club, which had already made him a laughingstock in Spanish football. Now, he was facing even greater pressure from public opinion.
Spending 47 million euros to bring in a player, but only one player could register in the Champions League. Real Madrid spent more than 300 million euros in two years, but the team lineup was still lacking balance. At the same time, the Real Madrid Club's charm was also greatly diminished. Even a civilian player like Cazorla had rejected the invitation of the Bernabéu … All kinds of disgraceful things made Real Madrid fall into an unprecedented confusion.
As the club's president, Calderón took a lot of responsibility. Spain's El Mundo simply gave Calderón the title of "the worst president in history." Some of Madrid's elite people called him a "playboy from the countryside."
The media began to besiege Calderón, reporting all of his major crimes.
"Since Calderón took over, Real Madrid's attractiveness continued to decrease. Kaka and Fàbregas, whom he vowed to bring in, did not come. His efforts to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo also fell short.
In addition, he went back on his word and promised to renew the contract with Carlos, but in the end, he drove the latter out of the club. He promised to keep Capello, but fired the Italian five days later. He once said that Bosque was "Real Madrid's Ferguson," but the old manager was once close to the embarrassing situation of being fired by Calderón. Even two hours before Villa's contract renewal with Valencia, Calderón vowed to his men that Villa would soon become a Real Madrid player!
In January 2007, Calderón made a farce of attacking the players, especially slandering Guti. He mocked Guti as "the eternal star of hope." Since then, the players have not accepted him. Many players even called him a "seat stealer," because if the postal votes were counted after the 2006 election, Calderón was actually only ranked third and was not qualified to be the president.
After being elected president, Calderón gave the signing power of the club to two ex-Yugoslavians. The football department was Mijatović and the basketball department was former Lakers player Divac. As a result, the former's signing was full of shady deals … "
The person that Calderón fears the most is the former Real Madrid president, Florentino. He believes that Florentino is behind all the criticism against him in the media.
Just when he was looking for an opportunity to strike back, a shocking piece of news came that shook the management of Bernabeu!
Almost all of Real Madrid's signings during the Calderón era were suspected to be fishy by the outside world, but the outside world could only catch the wind and make groundless accusations. But now, a "Real Madridistan" who really knew the inside story bravely came forward to reveal the dark secrets!
The 'fighter' was Christina Bermudez. Her grandfather was the treasurer of Bernabéu while her father was the director of the club when Mendoza was the president.
After Christina graduated, she had been working at the Real Madrid Club. Out of trust in the club, she had never signed a formal work contract, which eventually made her suffer.
Christina could speak seven languages and became the club's secretary in 2006. She was responsible for managing the players' contracts, which also gave her a first-hand understanding of the club's inside story.
Since then, because of a conflict with the club's top management, Christina decided to leave Real Madrid. What made her sad was that she only received 30 euros as compensation from the club.
In a fit of anger, Christina decided to expose what she knew about the club's shady deals.
Previously, some people had accused Christina of being involved in the vote-rigging case when Calderón was running for president. She was under a lot of pressure because of this.
"My three sons have been receiving threats. Now, I've decided to tell everything I know. This way, if something happens to me and my family, everyone will know why. I didn't manipulate the vote-rigging case. I just followed the instructions of my boss and filled in more than 3,000 ballots. If it were fair, Miller should be the club's president. But I'm afraid the secret of the vote-rigging case will never be made public because it involves too many interests. "
But she revealed the mastermind behind the cheating. "The mastermind behind the cheating is Calderón. He was a board member when Florentino was president. He knows very well how Florentino became president. If you don't know what happened, then you can use your imagination to make a pretty good guess. "
In an interview with Spain's Interview magazine, Christina focused on the shady deals she knew about the club's commission.
She revealed that the day before van Nistelrooy officially signed the contract, the commission in the contract was only 1.2 million euros. However, 24 hours later, the transfer commission soared to 4.2 million euros, which was very unusual.
"I don't know if Calderón, Mijatović, or Mijatović's assistant divided the extra three million euros in commission. I don't know how they did it, but the sudden increase of three million euros is obvious."
In the process of Cannavaro's signing, there were also things that were unclear.
Christina said that Cannavaro's transfer commission was 2.2 million euros, which was a bit large in itself. She also saw other strange things.
"There were too many agents who came to receive Cannavaro's transfer commission. There were seven in the morning and another five in the afternoon. One of them was from the former Yugoslavia. This surprised the club's staff. It was incredible."
Christina said that there were also shady deals in the transfers of Gago and Higuaín.
"In September, Higuaín was bought for only seven million euros, but Calderón paid 20 million euros in December. Gago was the same. In September, his value was still five million euros, but in December, Real Madrid paid 20 million euros."
Buying at a high price and giving away players at a low price or for free, Real Madrid was always at a disadvantage.
"No matter what, Real Madrid is a sucker for money. The club's lawyer has long suggested that some of the players' contracts be amended, but Bucero just ignored it. In the end, many players left for free. "
The revelation of this "fighter" caused Calderón and his team to be completely abandoned by Real Madrid's members!
Although some things were revealed last season, Real Madrid was invincible on the green field at that time. The fans only cared about enjoying the joy brought by the competition and did not care about anything else. But now, the fans needed to vent their dissatisfaction!
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