Real Madrid president Florentino Perez back in the spotlight after astonishing press conference

Florentino Perez left journalists and Spanish football stunned with his performance at a press conference on Tuesday after claiming he was the victim of an "organised campaign" to unseat him, writes Kaveh Solhekol...

Perez called for new club elections and told his opponents to present themselves and challenge him and his board of directors.

The Real Madrid president clearly believes attack is the best form of defence as he blamed the media and referees for all his club's problems this season.

Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni clashing at training two days in a row last week and Valverde ending up in hospital? It's no big deal, according to Perez, a storm in a teacup, apparently something that has happened in every single one of Perez's 26 years in football.

He was more concerned with the news of the clash leaking out than the actual bust-up, vowing he would sort it out: "Leave it to me. I will take care of it."

Perez had called the press conference to announce he was not resigning and instead standing for re-election, but the main reason for his appearance seemed to be a burning desire to set the record straight with the media.

"I made this decision because of this absurd situation of campaigns against me," the 79-year-old Perez said. "The results haven't been the greatest, but that has happened other times before. But they are taking advantage to attack me.

"Some journalists and people want to destroy Real Madrid," he said. "I'll always defend the interest of the Madrid members."