Iturralde González admits that Florentino Pérez pressured him to be whistled “like Barça”

“Florentino Pérez called me to go to a separate room and asked me to whistle like Barcelona did.” It is the confession of former referee Iturralde González, who revealed that the white president had asked him to meet in a private room after a match in the 2010/2011 season, between Real Madrid and Deportivo de La Coruña. The anecdote was told by the former Basque referee, who remembers bringing the incident to the attention of the Referees’ Technical Commission that same day.

“I only ask you to whistle at me like Barça”

Iturralde explained the story as follows in ‘Cadena SER’: “Since those from Real Madrid are TV journalists, who calls me to a separate room? Investigate it. So you can see how certain people try to apply pressure. In a game against Deportvo, it was over, we left the field and the assistants came with me. There is someone who puts me in a room and says: ‘I just ask you to whistle at me like Barça’”, began Iturralde González to be explained in the ‘Carousel’ of the SER Chain.

“Since RMTV are journalists, let them investigate”

“He is from Real Madrid. I ask him to see if he is joking and I tell him the conversation is over. He wanted to put me in the room alone, but I said no. After half an hour, the technical committee came knew about Referees (CTA). It seemed very serious to me, but that’s it. There was nothing. Since those from Real Madrid TV are good journalists, let them investigate. I’m going to make their job easier: let them start at the top added the former referee

“Florentino put me in a separate room and I brought it to the attention of the Technical Committee of Referees. There is a report”

“No president has put me in a separate room. I care about the facts. The one who put me in a separate room was Florentino Pérez. I don’t have to hide. There is a CTA report, because I confessed it have made.” So see what it is to apply pressure. I’m not going to hide. There is no corrupt referee, we are above,” he concluded.

Iturralde González sued against ‘Real Madrid TV’

The former Basque referee has filed a complaint against Real Madrid’s official TV channel, following the broadcast of a televised piece pointing to alleged arbitration rulings in which he had wronged the white team in the past. On Cadena SER Iturralde noted that “Enríquez Negreira had no power or influence over the referees, he had none. Now, unfortunately, they have used Real Madrid Televisión’s television with a report on Clos Gómez unworthy of a club that claims to be the best club in the world,” he said.

“This report is low, it is indecent. I put my hand in the fire for Clos Gómez. Clos Gómez is a person of integrity who has been wrong 5,000 times against and for Real Madrid and they have only brought up their mistakes.” And they just publicize their mistakes when the charges come from the prosecution. And the president allows that, because it is his television,” explains Iturralde González.