Real Madrid President says Ceuta visit not related to ‘recent news’

Real Madrid stars including Kylian Mbappe rolled up T-shirts showing support for Ceuta, but President trip ‘unrelated’.Published On 18 Sep 202618 Sep 2026Real Madrid President ‌Florentino Perez attended an event at Ceuta city hall ⁠on Friday in ⁠a visit to show solidarity with the Spanish territory, saying that it was not related to any recent ⁠developments.On Tuesday, before Real’s La Liga match with Elche, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Ibrahima Konate obscured the message “We are all mackerels”, ⁠which appeared on T-shirts worn by the rest of the players. “Mackerels” is a nickname for people from Ceuta, and the shirts were designed to show support for them.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal says he has experienced racism ‘a thousand times’list 2 of 4Ronaldo keeps Portugal place for Nations League as Jesus names first squadlist 3 of 4Bayern and England’s Kane not focused on Ballon d’Or despite 73-goal seasonlist 4 of 4Palmer and Alexander-Arnold recalled after England World Cup snubend of listMbappe said on Wednesday that he did not ‌want to prioritise the suffering of one group over another. Real told the news agency Reuters that they respecte...