Florentino Perez plunged Real Madrid into election turmoil. What happens now?

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez made a truly extraordinary media appearance on Tuesday in which he said he would be calling an election for his position — plunging the Spanish giants into further turmoil.This season has already brought several dramatic flashpoints at the Santiago Bernabeu.There was star winger Vinicius Junior’s tantrum during October’s Clasico, Xabi Alonso’s sacking as head coach in January after only seven months in the job, an injured Kylian Mbappe having the wrong leg scanned by medical staff and the lid being blown off simmering internal tensions with last week’s dressing-room fight between midfield duo Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde — during which the latter was knocked unconscious and taken to hospital.Advertisement