Real Madrid: Calderon will not stand for re-election

Difficult times for Ramon Calderon at Real Madrid. Merengues’ president has said he will not stand for re-election when his four-year mandate ends in 2010. “I don’t think I will stand when I call the elections,” Calderon said to Cadena Ser radio on Wednesday. “My job is a very attractive one, but I am not interested in staying here for life.”

Meanwhile, the club has announced it would investigate allegations published in Marca newspaper on Tuesday that votes at the club’s general assembly last month had been manipulated.