The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, 75 years old, underwent a successful operation for a respiratory condition at the Puerta de Hierro University Hospital this Tuesday morning. In the intervention a nodule has been removed, according to Marca.
The operation began first thing in the morning and ended around 11:30, according to the aforementioned newspaper, with good prognosis for the madridista president.
The top white president will have to rest for a few days, so he has not traveled to Germany where this Tuesday Real Madrid will face Leipzig in a match corresponding to the fifth day of the Champions League group stage.
Two to three days of rest
Where he was was last Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu, where his team beat Sevilla in a league match, on a night in which the president participated in the acts of homage to Benzema, recent Ballon d’Or, and Courtois, the best goalkeeper in the year, in addition to presenting Modric with a commemorative plaque for his 450 appearances in the white shirt.
It is estimated that Pérez will have to rest between 48 and 72 hours before continuing with his busy schedule as president of the Madrid club, a position he has held since 2009, in his second term, and as president of ACSthe construction company of which he is the founder.
