Saturday, January 24, 2009

Calderón Has No Honour - Ex-Real Madrid VP

Real Madrid's former vice-president has slammed Ramón Calderón for his behaviour during the saga that eventually saw him forced to resign from his position at the helm.

Fernando Fernández Tapias was one of Florentino Pérez's right-hand men and has been left astonished at the turn of events that led to the most recent scandal at the Bernabéu.

Calderón was forced to quit as president after Marca proved that he had rigged the club's general assembly by placing non-members in the auditorium to vote in his favour.

"Ramón Calderón has no honour," Fernández Tapias told Radio Marca. "When being part of any institution, you have to be there to serve it and not to serve yourself from it."

What shocked the ex-director most were photos of Calderón in a Madrid nightclub with people that had been part of the scandal following his resignation.

"The photos are outrageous and insulting to the members of Real Madrid. It is inadmissible," he added.

Elections to find the next president are set to be held at the end of the current season, but Fernández Tapias wants them to happen even sooner.

"We need elections as soon as possible and also to hold the assembly again. These things must be done very quickly," he stated.

"If Florentino goes in then I may go with him, but nothing has yet been decided."

Lucas Brown, Goal.com