In a 2012 conversation that has today been leaked in Spain, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez labelled Cristiano Ronaldo ‘an idiot’ and a ‘sick man’ as well as hit out at Jose Mourinho’s ‘terrible ego’.Twenty-four hours after audio was revealed of him calling Real legends Raul and Iker Casillas ‘the two great frauds’ in a record conversation in 2006, the president has had more dated tape recordings released to the media.The private conversations revealed by El Confidencial on the Portuguese pair, the second of which has been dated at October 2012, only add to the embarrassment for Perez.”He’s crazy,’ Perez was quoted as saying about Ronaldo.’This guy is an idiot, a sick man. You think this guy is normal, but he’s not normal, otherwise, he wouldn’t do all the things he does.’Era of Mourinho begins: Nine footballers who cost Roma over 40 million USD a year crossed outRelationship between the two was seemingly fractious and Perez’s statements resulted as embarrassing given the attacker went on to become Real Madrid’s all-time leading goalscorer amongst numerous other accolades he brought to the club.Also, there is the other Portuguese Perez had to ‘cope’ with. The Special One was in charge at Real between 2010 and 2013 and seemingly a year before he was shown the door Perez had had enough. ‘These are guys with a terrible ego, both spoiled, the coach and him, and they don’t see reality,’ the president was quoted as saying. ‘Mourinho is an idiot. It is not that he does not want to play. Well, he’s a bit abnormal. He drives without a license. That said, he has been overwhelmed by the pressure.’##EDITORS_CHOICE##Mourinho did manage to break Pep Guardiola’s dominance at Barcelona by winning a LaLiga title but much of Perez’s anger and frustration surrounded Ronaldo and Mourinho’s relationship with agent Jorge Mendes.It all emerged only a day after a savage takedown of two club legends in Casillas and Raul.Perez accused striker Raul of ‘destroying’ Real Madrid through his negativity and blames him for his exit earlier that year, while Casillas is described as a ‘great failure’. The president responded in an official statement on Tuesday by saying the comments have been removed from their broader context, adding he intends to take legal action. ‘Given the news broadcast in El Confidencial, in which phrases attributed to me are reported, I think it is necessary to clarify.’ the statement read.’The reproduced phrases are pronounced in conversations clandestinely recorded by Mr. Jose Antonio Abellan, who has been trying to sell them for many years without success.’It is surprising now that, despite the time that has elapsed, the newspaper El Confidencial reports them today .Cristiano Ronaldo crowned Euro 2020 Golden Boot winner’They are single phrases of conversations taken from the broad context in which they occur.’For them to be reproduced now, after so many years have passed since those conversations took place, is I understand due to my participation as one of the promoters of the Super League.’I have put the matter in the hands of my lawyers who are studying the possible actions to take.’To most, it looks like Perez sees those who brought his club major success as those who are taking the spotlight off of him. All those epithets he used to describe the big names in the newer history of Real Madrid – it wouldn’t be a surprise he in fact said those words and it would be even less of a surprise if he really meant that.
