Real Madrid turn on Tebas, demand LaLiga exit: “It needs a neutral chief” | OneFootball

The conflict between Real Madrid and Javier Tebas escalated once again. The club released a statement sharply questioning the actions of the LaLiga president and arguing that the competition needs a change at the top.

The club accuses Tebas of using his institutional position to repeatedly attack and discredit Real Madrid, while also questioning his impartiality as the head of the association of Spanish clubs.

Madrid demands change in LaLiga

In its statement, Real Madrid said that the LaLiga president should act as an administrator serving all clubs and not maintain a public confrontation with one of the institutions that is part of the competition.

“Our club considers it intolerable that the president of LaLiga uses his institutional position to continue discrediting and attacking Real Madrid,” the club said.

Madrid also described it as “very worrying” that the person responsible for representing and protecting the interests of all clubs continues, in its view, to focus his remarks against the Madrid side.

The club’s position was even more forceful in suggesting that Tebas step down as president of LaLiga and be replaced by a leader capable of managing the competition under a principle of neutrality.

“In light of this inappropriate and sustained behavior over time, we understand that professional football in Spain urgently needs a leader capable of managing it and developing its full potential with the basic duty of neutrality,” Real Madrid said.

The statement responds to Tebas’ criticism

Real Madrid’s reaction came after a post by Tebas on his personal X account, in which he challenged claims of alleged refereeing persecution against the club.

“To maintain that the referees are acting against Real Madrid is to live in another galaxy,” wrote the LaLiga president.

Tebas also rejected the idea that the Spanish competition depends exclusively on Real Madrid and criticized the arguments that, according to him, seek to build a conspiracy narrative around refereeing.

“Real Madrid is hugely important to LaLiga. But claiming that ‘LaLiga is worth nothing’ without it shows contempt for the other clubs, their fans, and their history. The competition belongs to no one,” he added.

Madrid also questions Tebas’ manner

The club did not limit itself to the content of the statements. It also criticized Tebas for using his personal channels to publicly respond to a newspaper article related to refereeing.

“His latest intervention is especially serious and incomprehensible, unbecoming of a responsible administrator,” Real Madrid said, arguing that the executive even ended up involving himself in matters related to the club’s sporting strategy.

The clash once again brings the relationship between Real Madrid and the LaLiga presidency to the forefront, amid constant public disagreements between the two sides over refereeing, the management of the competition, and the role that the top figure of the association should play.

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