Florentino Pérez dropped in for a chat on COPE radio's 'El partido de la 12'.

On Piqué: "I'm sure he gets things wrong sometimes, like everybody, but I don't think it's right for fans to boo him, especially when he's playing for Spain. Piqué is the way he is, we're used to that, but I think booing him is wrong".

On this new-look Real Madrid: "We have an amazing team and an outstanding coach. We've greatly improved the squad".

On Benítez: "He's the best coach I've ever had".

On Sergio Ramos: "He didn't use the press to get more money out of us. He never wanted to leave Real Madrid and we knew he'd wouldn't go. We didn't receive any offers for him and it took us just five minutes to sort things out".

On Bale: "He's been a Real Madrid fan since he was a kid. Why would he have left had Ancelotti stayed on. I'm sure he would have stayed anyway".

On Mourinho: "I have no intention of re-signing him, although he did give us an important step up in terms of quality. Before him, we struggled to make it past the last sixteen in Europe and that wasn't good enough".

On this weekend's Atleti vs. Barça: "Selfishly a draw would suit us. We aren't scared of either of them though".

On Jorge Mendes: "He doesn't influence Real Madrid. Mendes has three players here and they're the best three he has: Ronaldo, James and Pepe".