La Liga president attacks Real Madrid again – ‘Difficult to invent as many things as they do’ | OneFootball

The president of La Liga, Javier Tebas, has responded sharply to the Supreme Court ruling that partially upheld Real Madrid’s appeal concerning the Statutes approved in 2015 by the Higher Sports Council.

The ruling annulled the second additional provision of La Liga’s Statutes, which had set conditions for distributing certain audiovisual income during the 2015/16 season.

What Real Madrid said

Following the decision, Real Madrid released an official statement expressing satisfaction. The club argued that the ruling “once again sides with our club against La Liga.”

The Merengues claimed that the annulled provision had unfairly changed the distribution of television revenue and stated that the valid distribution for 2015/16 should return to the previous model: 60% for La Liga clubs and 40% for second-division clubs, divided equally.

The club also asserted that this interpretation would mean €88 million should be paid to the second-division clubs from that season, and that Real Madrid themselves were owed €8.8 million, which they say were “illegitimately deprived.”

Tebas hits back

Tebas, though, firmly rejected this reading and Real Madrid’s interpretation of the ruling. Taking to X, the La Liga president wrote:

“Regarding the Supreme Court ruling: it’s difficult to invent as many things as Real Madrid do. Neither 8.8 million for Real Madrid, nor 88 million for some Second Division teams. The ruling does NOT say that, nor is it concluded from it.”

He continued: “Real Madrid ‘forgets’ the meetings of the oversight body, division boards and assemblies of 2015 and 2016, in which it was present and where the TV settlements for the 2015-2016 season were approved.

“It also ‘forgets’ that all this started as bait for the Second Division clubs to try to prevent the effects of the TV Royal Decree from being anticipated for the 2015/2016 season.”

Tebas stressed that this is “not an isolated case,” accusing the club of carrying out “a campaign of of disinformation against their own supporters.”

The La Liga chief listed what he described as a pattern of behaviour: “Super Leagues that were supposed to start ‘now’ and never start, formats that change every few months, claims of 4.5 billion against UEFA that are legally impossible, just to exert pressure.”

Concluding, he wrote: “Not to mention RM TV, and other issues. (…) It’s a pattern used by RM’s management: million-dollar threats to ‘pressure’ them, and it’s not the first time, just read this news… it’s always the same.”

It will be interesting to see if Real Madrid respond to this attack by Tebas, who has developed a contentious relationship with the club.