Florentino Perez responds to Barca chief Joan Laporta

Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez responded to Barcelona president Joan Laporta, to whom he reminded of the 'Negreira affair', trusting in justice and its times, and clarifying that what "exists is universal sociological madridismo" because it is the most followed club in the world.

"My reference to the 'Negreira affair' is brief because it is a matter in the hands of judges and we must be respectful of the timescales of justice. It is not normal for a football club to pay 8 million for 20 years to a vice-president of referees. We have intervened because it is the appropriate channel to defend our interests and we have been admitted as an injured party," he said.

For Florentino Perez, everything that has come to light in recent months "is seriously damaging the image of Spanish football in the world", but he assured that he trusts "in justice" before responding to Laporta.

"It is not the most appropriate thing to try to justify something so serious by attacking the main victims. My reflection on the new concept of sociological madridismo is to specify that the correct thing to do would be to refer to the existence of a universal sociological madridismo, because it exists", he said.

"Real Madrid is the only club in the world with more than 500 million followers on social networks, a huge number of fans in every country, the club with the most supporters associations. It exists to the point that it was the founder of FIFA, the only one to create the European Cup, recognised as the best of the 20th century and excellently positioned to repeat in the 21st," he explained.