Enrique Riquelme, candidate for Real Madrid president, has announced that if he wins Sunday's elections he will start negotiations with Jürgen Klopp to become the team's coach.
According to a statement from his candidacy published on Friday, Raúl González, proposed as sporting director, will contact the German coach on Monday, June 8, to present the project. The text describes Klopp as “one of the best coaches of our time” and “a leader capable of restoring Real Madrid’s competitive intensity”. Riquelme trusts that González will persuade Klopp even though the coach has repeatedly stated he does not wish to return to the bench. Meanwhile, current president Florentino Pérez has indicated his coach would be José Mourinho and that he is preparing a 150-million-euro offer for Michael Olise.
