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Aznar mulls Real Madrid chairman´s post

SoccerNews in La Liga 17 Feb 2009

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Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar told Spanish radio on Tuesday he might be amenable to a spell as chairman of Real Madrid with the post up for grabs in July.

“If I were offered it I’d think about it,” Aznar told Radio Cope, while noting that normally he could not stand as a candidate, having not been a club member or “socio” for the requisite ten years.

Aznar was prime minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004.

Former vice chairman Vicente Boluda is currently in the post temporarily following the January resignation of Ramon Calderon amid allegations he rigged voting at the club’s last annual general assembly, which approved the club’s financial accounts.

Former chairman Florentino Perez is favourite for a return if he wishes to stand. It was Perez who embarked on the strategy of landing high-profile “galactico” names such as Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham while at the helm from 2000 to 2006.

The former head of telecoms giant Telefonica, Juan Villalonga, is the only candidate to declare an interest to date.

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