Gareth Bale Endorses Florentino Pérez Ahead of Real Madrid Election
Gareth Bale has nailed his colours to the mast. On the eve of a pivotal presidential election at Real Madrid, the former Bernabéu star has stepped forward to publicly endorse Florentino Pérez, adding fresh weight to the incumbent’s already powerful backing inside the club.
With club members set to vote on Sunday, June 7, Pérez is once again at the centre of the Real Madrid universe. Titles, stadiums, transfer sagas – his presidency has shaped the modern identity of the institution. Now, some of the biggest names from that era are lining up behind him.
Bale is the latest. And his message could hardly be clearer.
“The Best”: Bale makes his choice
The Welshman’s support emerged in the most modern of ways: a social media post. Bale appeared in a photo alongside Pérez, a simple image loaded with political and emotional significance in Madrid’s current climate.
Beneath it, just two words: “The Best.”
No long statement. No explanation. Just a direct endorsement of the man who brought him to Spain in one of the defining transfers of the last decade.
For Real Madrid socios weighing up continuity against change, that image and caption leave no room for doubt about where Bale stands.
He is not alone. Other icons of the club’s recent golden era – Luka Modric, Karim Benzema and more of that Champions League‑winning core – have also publicly expressed their support for Pérez as the election nears. One by one, the faces of Madrid’s dominance in Europe are closing ranks around the president who built those squads.
A bond forged in a record-breaking transfer
Bale’s backing carries a particular edge because of the story that links the two men.
In the summer of 2013, Pérez orchestrated one of the most ambitious and complex transfers in football history to prise Bale away from the Premier League and deliver him to the Santiago Bernabéu. The fee, the negotiations, the scrutiny – the move became a global spectacle and a symbol of the president’s Galáctico vision.
Pérez did not hide how he viewed the Welshman: a cornerstone of his project, a player around whom a new cycle of success could be built. He was determined to land him, and he did.
That gamble helped define his presidency.
Bale repaid the faith with some of the most dramatic and decisive moments of the Pérez era. Across his time in Madrid, he scored 106 goals, collecting three La Liga titles and five Champions League crowns among a stack of other trophies. From Copa del Rey finals to European nights, his contributions carved him into club folklore.
So when Bale now appears beside Pérez and calls him “The Best,” it is not a casual gesture. It is the endorsement of a player whose own legacy is tightly interwoven with the president’s vision for Real Madrid.
As the members prepare to cast their votes, Pérez can once again point to the players who delivered his greatest triumphs – and they, in turn, are pointing right back at him.
