Real Madrid president Florentino Perez used his appearance on Spanish TV show Horizonte on Thursday night to claim he would bid at least €150m for a mystery player if his club’s socios vote him back in as president this weekend.The first election campaign at the Bernabeu since 2006 has become increasingly dramatic and surreal as it progresses towards Sunday’s vote of Madrid’s approximately 100,000 club members.Wednesday evening had seen challenger Enrique Riquelme promise that should he win the election, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Rodri would both play at the Bernabeu next season.Perez used his late-night talk show appearance 24 hours later to tease that he planned to break Madrid’s transfer record (€127m on Jude Bellingham from Dortmund two years ago) next week as soon as he was back at work at the Bernabeu.Enrique Riquelme talks to the media (Photo: Pierre-Philippe MARCOU/AFP via Getty Images)“On Tuesday I’ll make an offer to a big Champions League club for a player which would be the biggest transfer in all Real Madrid’s history, at least €150m,” Perez said, attempting an enigmatic smile.Host Iker Jimenez managed to get Perez to admit the target was not at a Premier League club. In response to Michael Olise, Jeremy Doku and Harry Kane being mentioned, Perez said Jimenez would not be able to come up with the correct answer, while reminding any Madrid members watching of his history of signing galacticos, including Figo, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Kaka, and Cristiano Ronaldo.Even when Jimenez said that voting socios would surely love to know who the player was, Perez refused to budge. “They’ll have to wait, we will do it on Tuesday,” he said. “It’s not Haaland, but it’s a total galactico. First, we have to talk to the club. We are serious, not like them.”That was a reference to Riquelme’s claim the previous night that Haaland wanted to come to Madrid, and had a clause that could be triggered. City have denied any clause exists, and Perez said the whole claim was just a “bluff” which should not be taken seriously. “They have all denied it — his father, his agent, his club say it is lies, everyone can see that it is a bluff,” Perez replied.“This is a candidacy with a lot of bluffs, and I am here to protect Madrid from those who want to destabilize it.”There were a few other surprises as Perez, 79, repeatedly reminded viewers of the seven Champions League trophies won during his two terms, how the club was broke when he took over in 2000, but is now worth €10 billion according to Forbes.