Real Madrid demand Javier Tebas’ resignation as La Liga president following controversial statement

Real Madrid demand Javier Tebas’ resignation as La Liga president following controversial statement Earlier today, La Liga president Javier Tebas launched a fresh attack on Real Madrid and RMTV in a long statement issued on his social media account. In it, the La Liga chief compared Real Madrid TV’s methods to that of Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda of the Nazi Germany, which was bound to create controversy. It was the latest in a line of forth-and-back between Tebas and Real Madrid, with the La Liga chief criticising the club for their complaints over the refereeing in the competition as well as their position with regard to the Negreira case. Real Madrid hit back And, Real Madrid have now hit back with an official statement, criticising Tebas for his words, while asking for his removal as the president of La Liga. In a lengthy statement issued by the club, Los Blancos pointed fingers at Tebas for repeated attacks on the institution, while also expressing their unhappiness with the refereeing system in La Liga. They also pointed out their disappointment over La Liga and the RFEF’s lack of action in the Negreira scandal, while calling for a complete overhaul of the refereeing system in the Spanish top flight. Real Madrid have hit back at Tebas. (Photo by Gualter Fatia/Getty Images) Real Madrid full statement “In response to the statements made by Javier Tebas, president of La Liga and vice-president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, in which he compares the methods of action of the Real Madrid management with those used by Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda of the Nazi regime, pointing to Real Madrid Television as an instrument of this alleged strategy, Real Madrid CF states the following: “Real Madrid CF considers it absolutely intolerable and extremely serious that someone holding two top positions of responsibility in Spanish football would resort to comparing the club’s propaganda methods to those of the Nazi regime in order to discredit it, its management, and its television channel. The clarification that he is not referring to Nazi ideology does not diminish the deeply offensive, morally repugnant, and institutionally undignified nature of his statements. “These statements constitute yet another episode in Javier Tebas’s repeated attacks against Real Madrid, its president, and its media outlets. It is unacceptable that he even uses questions, information, or opinions from journalists outside the club to direct his disparaging remarks against us, attributing to us the actions of third parties for which we bear no responsibility whatsoever. “It is particularly serious that Tebas is using these statements to question the legitimate actions of Real Madrid and Real Madrid Television in relation to the Negreira case. “Given the lack of response to the extraordinary gravity of the Negreira case from the two institutions where Javier Tebas holds positions of paramount importance, our club has had to appeal directly to UEFA to demand a full investigation into the payments made for years by FC Barcelona to the Vice President of the Technical Committee of Referees and the adoption of the necessary measures to guarantee the integrity of the competitions. “Real Madrid also demands a complete overhaul of the refereeing system and the federation’s governing, management, supervisory, and disciplinary structures, through the replacement of those who held positions of responsibility during that period.” “It is particularly significant that Javier Tebas, president of La Liga and vice-president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the organization to which the Technical Committee of Referees belongs, dedicates his efforts to discrediting Real Madrid instead of promoting, from his institutional responsibilities, the clarification of these very serious events and the necessary regeneration of Spanish football. “Javier Tebas’s repeated conduct demonstrates a lack of neutrality, respect, and impartiality incompatible with his institutional responsibilities. His constant attacks on Real Madrid and those who demand transparency and reform constitute, in our club’s opinion, a true scourge for Spanish football. “For all these reasons, Real Madrid CF believes that Javier Tebas’s repeated statements and behavior would be unacceptable in any European sports institution that is governed by principles of respect, neutrality and integrity, and that they disqualify him institutionally from continuing to hold the positions he occupies. “Therefore, Real Madrid CF demands his immediate resignation as president of La Liga and vice-president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. “Real Madrid CF will continue to defend its rights, its institutional prestige, the full clarification of the Negreira case and the necessary regeneration of Spanish football.