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humor El Mundo Today 2026-05-13

Florentino Pérez's Epic Subscription Saga: Cancels Newspaper, Buys Everything Else!

In a twist worthy of a telenovela, Real Madrid's president, Florentino Pérez, called to cancel his ABC newspaper subscription. Astonishingly, he ended up signing up for 500Mbps internet, life insurance, and two years of Netflix instead. Who knew canceling a paper could be so… lucrative?


<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="340" src="https://emtstatic.com/2026/05/tolili-600x340.png" width="600" /></figure>Esta mañana, tal y como adelantó ayer en su rueda de prensa, Florentino Pérez ha llamado para darse de baja del diario ABC. Sin embargo, tras hablar varias horas con un teleoperador, en lugar de anular su suscripción, el presidente del Real Madrid ha acabado contratando una conexión a internet por fibra de 500 megas, [&#8230;]

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