<ul dir="ltr"> <li> <div align="justify"><font size="2">Jorge Valdano gave a press conference after Florentino Perez concluded his to say farewell and express his gratuitude to the club. <br> <br> "I have always respected Real Madrid. I've never turned the club into a battlefield. I always put my position as Director General before who I am, and I have always avoided fighting that battle. I have great respect and love for this club, and all my efforts were aimed at living up to the greatness of this team." <br> <br> "I believe Jose Mourinho staying on is good for a club that's been unstable in the past. It needs to settle for a reasonable period of time. He's done a good job, I believe he is a good coach and I find it normal that he stays on." <br> <br> "Real Madrid is great, which doesn't mean this new structure belittles it. The President came up with this solution to resolve a difficult situation that wasn't easy to manage." <br> <br> "It is always painful to leave people and places you love. The public had to know about this and I wished to say goodbye." <br> <br> </font></div> </li></ul>