A new case among the Merengue. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, 73, tested positive for Covid-19, the Spanish club announced on Tuesday, more than a week after his coach Zinédine Zidane was infected.
“Real Madrid confirms that our president Florentino Perez has presented a positive result in the Covid-19 test to which he regularly submits, although he does not show any symptoms,” the club said in a statement.
On January 22, the Madrid club had already announced that its French coach Zinédine Zidane had tested positive for Covid-19. Three days later, it was international defender Nacho Fernandez who was found to be infected. Without symptoms, Zinedine Zidane returned to the field on Tuesday morning, after isolating himself for ten days.
At the head of Real Madrid for almost 20 years (except between 2006 and 2009), Florentino Perez, one of the richest and most influential men in Spain, is also the CEO of the ACS group, a construction and services giant. .
Former Real Madrid president (1995-2000) Lorenzo Sanz died of Covid-19 in March. The man who had brought Nicolas Anelka to Spain was 76 years old.
