Real Madrid slams LaLiga president Javier Tebas as “intolerable”
Abdullateef Fowewe
Real Madrid has criticised LaLiga president Javier Tebas Medrano, accusing him of repeatedly using his institutional position to attack and discredit the club.
In the statement published on the club’s website on Tuesday, Real Madrid said, “Our club considers it intolerable that the president of LaLiga uses his institutional position to continue discrediting and attacking Real Madrid in the manner he does in each of his public interventions.”
The club went further, describing Tebas’s behaviour as an ongoing obsession, “It is also very concerning that someone who is responsible for representing and protecting the interests of all LaLiga clubs is repeatedly obsessed with targeting Real Madrid, turning our club into a constant subject of his public attacks.”
Real Madrid singled out Tebas’s latest remarks as especially serious.
The club said these comments, made in response to an article by an independent journalist, crossed a line by also evaluating Real Madrid’s sporting strategy — something the club called “entirely inappropriate and irresponsible.”
The statement concluded that Spanish professional football urgently needs a more neutral leader, “the president of LaLiga is not the owner of the competition but a manager serving the clubs that comprise it. The clubs need someone who serves this mission with honesty.”
The statement comes in the wake of the Madrid derby between Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid.
After the match, Real Madrid coach José Mourinho publicly condemned the refereeing.
Tebas responded by addressing the complaints while defending the officials and commenting on Real Madrid’s long-standing criticisms of refereeing decisions.
He also referenced past controversies, including the Negreira case involving Barcelona.
Tebas’s public comments, including posts on social media, prompted Real Madrid’s formal reply.
The club argued that such interventions damage the image of LaLiga and Spanish football internationally by eroding confidence in the competition’s impartiality.
The exchange highlights the long-running tensions between Real Madrid and the LaLiga president over governance, refereeing standards, and the role of the league’s leadership.
