A creator of the Galacticos, version 1 and version 2. A spending-spree icon. A flamboyant tycoon. And much, much more than that…Florentino Perez has been present in Spanish and European football for the last two decades. He raised already giant Real Madrid to unprecedented heights and oversaw the development of various spectacular Los Blancos players.BALLON D’OR: Finally, as befits and as it is only right – Karim Benzema!That’s why he’s probably the adequate address for the talk about the current best player in the world, and some others, too… “Finally! Karim Benzema was recognized as the best player in the world. He deserved it a long time ago because he was the best for the last three or four years. He is a mixture of Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, doing two jobs at the same time. He is a leader like Zidane, and he shoots on goal as Ronaldo did,” said Florentino Perez for Cadena SER after Benzema was awarded the Ballon d’Or and commented on a joint image with the winners:”There was Figo, there was Zidane, there was Ronaldo, and now there is Benzema. And we all took pictures together. Four people that have sentimental value to me. Four Ballon d’Or winners”.BALLON D’OR: The rest of the best – Mane, Gavi, Courtois, Lewandowski… Manchester City?!Real Madrid was aiming high in the previous transfer window, but didn’t catch Kylian Mbappe. The old fox Florentino Perez claims that the Royals are no longer interested in him.”It’s not that the subject of Mbappe is boring to me, but I don’t read the news of him either. It doesn’t make sense now. Players are now progressing spectacularly. Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr. are two great players”, said Florentino Perez and commented on whether he sees the tandem of Brazilian attackers as Ballon d’Or winners in the future:”Of course, I see both of them as Golden Ball winners. But we have to see how it develops. Real Madrid only looks at the players we have, and the situation is not bad at all. Camavinga, Valverde, Militao, Tchuameni… These are young guys with a promising future”.##EDITORS_CHOICE##And while Florentino is reportedly no longer thinking about Mbappe, he knows nothing about Erling Haaland’s exit clause.”I have no idea. I repeat, we have the best players in the world”.##NAJAVA_MECA_6736921##
