Gareth Bale Supports Florentino Pérez Ahead of Real Madrid Election
On the eve of another decisive vote at Real Madrid, one of the club’s most emblematic modern stars has nailed his colours firmly to the mast. Gareth Bale has gone public with his support for Florentino Pérez, adding yet more heavyweight backing to the long‑serving president ahead of Sunday’s presidential election on June 7.
No long statement. No political manifesto. Just a picture and two words.
“The Best.”
That was Bale’s message on social media, posted alongside an image of him with Pérez – a simple caption that carried all the weight it needed. For club members preparing to cast their ballots, it was a clear signal from a player whose career in Madrid is woven tightly into the current president’s era.
A Galáctico returns to the stage
Bale is not just another former player offering polite support from a distance. His name is synonymous with Pérez’s Galáctico vision. Signed in the summer of 2013 after one of the most ambitious and complex transfer operations in world football, the Welshman arrived at the Santiago Bernabéu as a centrepiece of the president’s project.
Pérez pushed that deal over the line when the pressure and scrutiny were at their peak. He saw Bale as a cornerstone, and treated the transfer as a statement of intent: Real Madrid would continue to dominate the market and the biggest stages.
The gamble paid off in spectacular fashion.
Bale went on to score 106 goals for the club, stacking up trophies at a rate that few in modern football can match. Three La Liga titles. Five Champions League crowns. Along the way came some of the defining images of Pérez’s presidency: the sprint and solo finish against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final, the towering header in Lisbon, the overhead kick in Kyiv. Each moment reinforced the idea that the president’s bold recruitment drive had reshaped Madrid’s modern history.
So when Bale calls Pérez “The Best,” it lands differently. It comes from a player who lived the project from the inside and became one of its most recognisable faces.
A growing chorus around the president
Bale is far from alone. In recent days, other giants of Real Madrid’s golden era have stepped forward to publicly align themselves with Pérez. Luka Modric. Karim Benzema. Names that define a decade of dominance have all voiced their appreciation and support as the election draws closer.
One by one, they form a pattern: the core of a team that conquered Europe repeatedly now standing behind the man who built the structure around them.
For Pérez, these endorsements arrive at a crucial moment. As Real Madrid’s members prepare to decide whether to extend his long rule, the president can point not only to the trophy cabinet, but also to the loyalty of the players who filled it. The backing of Bale, a flagship signing whose career in Spain mirrored the club’s surge back to the summit, only sharpens that message.
The ballot boxes will tell their own story on Sunday. For now, the icons of Madrid’s recent past have made theirs clear.
