From Uruguay: 'Perez asked UEFA for Ajax in the Champions League last 16'
Ramos showed a message sent to him by a person close to Perez, according to whom on December 12 (five days before the Champions League draw on Monday) Florentino would have started to press on UEFA to get drawn with Ajax (which eventually happened). He did not reveal his own source nor did he provide any other evidence to support the thesis.
What remains is a new controversy destinated to be discussed, after the many rumours about the possible pressure of Perez for Luka Modric to receive the Ballon d'Or, with Cristiano Ronaldo in second place after the transfer to
The first leg of the Real Madrid-Ajax matchup will be played in Amsterdam on February 13 and the return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on March 5.