Real Madrid have confirmed that club president Florentino Perez has issued the call for candidates for the club's upcoming leadership election - although the current supremo is the only candidate at present.
Los Blancos have announced that the process that will lead to elections for the next four-year cycle - running from mid-2021 through to mid-2025 - has now officially begun, as the club look to ensure they do not finish the current campaign empty-handed.
Perez, whose two separate tenures as the 15th and 18th president of Madrid combine make him the second-longest serving figure in the role, after Santiago Bernabeu, is currently expected to seal re-election unless another candidate emerges.