LONDON/MADRID/MILAN :Real Madrid hold the annual meeting of its members on Sunday with expectations rising that the Spanish football club may decide to allow new investors to take up to a 10 per cent stake.

Several media reports have said club President Florentino Perez plans to let outside investors join the roughly 100,000 members who own Real Madrid. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters such a plan was under consideration.

Real Madrid did not respond to a request for comment.

Like Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna, Real follow a membership model. Some 2,000 of the club's members are selected as delegates to the annual meeting, where they can elect the club's president, scrutinise its annual accounts and vote to change its statutes.

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