Riquelme was the rival of Florent Perez in the Real Presidential election on June 7. On the television show El Hormiguero dark 3/6, 37-year-old businessman claimed he would recruit Man City's doubles - the Erling Haalland and the Rodri quarterback - if elected.
Riquelme even raised the Real in the name of Haaland with No. 9 and declared Norwegian neutrals under the provision of the release of contract with Man City and wanted to move to Bernabeau Field. He even pledged to pay the full next season membership fee for about 100,000 Realists if he could not recruit Haaland and Rodri.
Man City quickly denied the entire information. In the official release, the British football team claimed that it was not possible that Haaland left the field of Etihad in the near future, and at the same time emphasized that there was no provision for a transaction such as Riquelme to take place.
The homeowner of Etihad also reveals a consideration of legal measures involving the use of players in the running context. "We are considering legal action for the use of our players in this way", the Man City announcement points out.
In 2022, Riquelme posted on Instagram a photograph of the same Norwegian protagonist, singer Ozuna, Ig McIversov and Sandra García-Sanjuán Machado, with brief notes: "State training pre-season".
According to the El Mundo, the link between Riquelme and Haaland began in 2021. The sides are said to have met during dinner at Marabella and Riquelme once reached agreement with Haaland's father without passing the player's representative.
At the time, Haaland still wore Dortmund. However, Riquelme's campaign plan did not come true, but the Norwegian middleman later joined Man City. Even so, 37-year-old businessman is said to maintain relations with Haaland and its predecessors.
In 1/2025, Haaland extended with Man City to summer 2034, at 34 years of age. The representative Rafaela Pimenta and his predecessor, Alfie Haaland, also rejected the possibility of a 25 - year - old predecessor moving to Madrid, the capital.
In the general statement that was released on June 4, the two said: "It's very interesting to follow, but it's not true at all. We wish both the lucky candidates in the Real Presidential election".
Joined Man City from 2022, Haaland quickly became a pillar, scoring 162 goals over 198 games in every arena. He made a huge contribution to the two-party British Championships club, a Champions League and won the British Foreign Network Breakdown in three of the nearest four seasons.
According to Sky Sports, Man City's public speaking was quite a rare move. The landowner Etihad wanted to quickly extinguish unconfirmed claims from Real's candidate side. Haaland was considered central to the club's development plan after Coach Pep Guardiola left.
After Riquelme's statement, the Chairman of the Ulysses Perez threw a hit in the race for election. He posted a video on social network X, in which Coach Jose Mourinho appeared in Real's Color and only said one word: "Yes".
The video comes with the caption: "While, on television, people just say and say. There's more history waiting to be made".
The move was considered a signal confirming that Mourionho would return to lead Real if Perez was re-elected for his eighth term. In addition, the Royal Balls team scored a two-man recruitment agreement for Denzel Dumfries and Ibrahima Konate.