LaLiga: Javier Tebas accuses Real Madrid

The league chief takes aim at Los Blancos

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LaLiga: Javier Tebas accuses Real Madrid

In recent hours, the president of LaLiga has strongly reacted to two articles published by a Spanish media outlet criticising the Spanish league’s treatment of Real Madrid.

Javier Tebas does not hesitate to take aim at anyone, including the leading clubs in his own league, LaLiga. At present, Tebas is at war with Real Madrid. Relations between the LaLiga chief and Florentino Pérez have always been frosty.

For several months, Los Blancos, through their Real Madrid TV channel, have systematically criticised referees and LaLiga. This editorial stance forced LaLiga to revise its method of appointing referees for each matchday: they are now appointed 24 hours before matches, rather than several days in advance, in order to limit the media pressure orchestrated by the club. However, Real Madrid have still not changed their strategy and constantly portray themselves as victims, even going so far as to suggest that they are the target of a widespread conspiracy.

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The tense atmosphere deteriorated further with the Vinicius Jr affair. The Brazilian was sent off after pulling Nathan Saliba’s hair and suspended for four matches. This time, it was the publication of two articles by El Debate that prompted Tebas to break his silence.

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“Tomás González Martín and Jesús Urdiola (the two journalists who wrote the articles, editor’s note), it is becoming more difficult every day to distinguish your articles from a statement issued by the Real Madrid board. Tomás, you above all have become their official mouthpiece, to the point of using expressions identical to those I have heard from a senior official in Valdebebas. There are many references to ‘club sources’, but very little distance from what those sources want to get across. You resemble a small parrot, but with a keyboard. And so that the protagonists are not mistaken: this senior official whose words you reproduce is NOT the one who calls media newsrooms to demand the dismissal of journalists and applies pressure so that company executives are removed. They are different people. And those calls and pressures are not a thing of the past. They are very real. Very much present. The Real Madrid board conducts an orchestra of spokespersons and Real Madrid TV leads the dance. Its score is always the same: select the actions that interest it, repeat the grievance, fuel suspicion and point to the enemies,” he wrote on his X account.

Tomás Gonzalez Martin y Jesus Urdiola , cada día resulta más difícil distinguir vuestros artículos de un comunicado de la dirección del Real Madrid.Tomas sobretodo te has convertido en su portaCOZ oficial, hasta el extremo de utilizar expresiones idénticas a las que he escuchado a un alto ejecutivo de Valdebebas. Mucha referencia a «fuentes del club», pero muy poca distancia respecto de lo que esas fuentes quieren colocar. Pareces un lorito, pero con teclado. Y para que no se confundan los protagonistas: ese alto ejecutivo cuyas expresiones reproduces NO es el mismo que llama a las redacciones de los medios pidiendo ceses de periodistas y presiona para que se aparte a ejecutivos de empresas. Son personas distintas. Y esas llamadas y esas presiones no son una historia del pasado. Son presente. Muy presente.ñ, a la de @eldebate_com no llamará, si a caso para... La dirección del Real Madrid dirige una orquesta de portaCOCES y Real Madrid TV lleva la voz cantante. Su partitura es siempre la misma: seleccionar las jugadas que interesan, repetir el agravio, alimentar la sospecha y señalar a los enemigos. Ese método recuerda a mecanismos de propaganda que explotó Goebbels, ministro de Propaganda de la Alemania nazi: repetición sistemática, construcción de un enemigo y subordinación de los hechos al relato. La comparación es con esas técnicas de propaganda, no con una ideología ni, por supuesto, con la afición madridista. Real Madrid TV es una pieza central de esa maquinaria. ¿Dónde está el análisis completo de los partidos de cada jornada? ¿Dónde están los posibles errores que perjudican a otros clubes o los que favorecen al Real Madrid? Si aplicaran a todos los encuentros la misma lupa, quizá el resultado les estropearía el guion. Pero el guion exige que el Real Madrid aparezca siempre como víctima. Y así se llega al extremo de presentar incluso el NO ERROR como error y de utilizar el caso Negreira como explicación permanente de cualquier decisión que no les guste. La sospecha se da por demostrada y la conclusión está escrita antes de que empiece el partido. Y esa misma técnica se traslada ahora a los horarios: se cuenta lo que alimenta el agravio y se oculta el contexto que permitiría comprobarlo. Pues hablemos de horarios, Tomás. Que ese alto ejecutivo que alimenta a los portaCOCES explique cuántas peticiones de cambio de horario y de día ha presentado el Real Madrid y cuántas se han atendido.(En este tema va el primero de la clasificación). Las aceptadas también. Que no cuente únicamente la que le interesa para construir la polémica de turno. Y que incluya las peticiones relacionadas con el calendario para facilitar la celebración de los eventos que la "super licencia" permite realizar en el Santiago Bernabéu. Porque para solicitar que se acomode la competición a sus necesidades tienen mucha iniciativa; para reconocer las solicitudes atendidas, bastante menos memoria. Ese es el balance que hay que publicar: qué pidió el Real Madrid, qué se le concedió y qué no pudo atenderse, con sus motivos. Los horarios afectan también al rival, a otros clubes, a los aficionados y a los compromisos audiovisuales de la competición. Una petición no se convierte en un derecho porque proceda del Real Madrid, ni una negativa demuestra una persecución. Laliga defiende a su competición. Lo que no resulta serio es pedir ajustes de días, horarios y calendario y, después, presentar cada desacuerdo como una prueba de que LaLiga perjudica al club. Si se quiere hablar de trato recibido, se cuenta TODO el trato recibido. Tomás, ahí tienes preguntas concretas para tus fuentes. Y Real Madrid TV tiene material para un programa: las solicitudes del club y las respuestas que ha recibido. Veremos si dedican a ese historial el mismo entusiasmo que a los vídeos de agravios. Después, los demás portaCOCES amplifican el mensaje. Real Madrid TV pone las imágenes, otros ponen los titulares y todos repiten la misma acusación.
— Javier Tebas Medrano (@Tebasjavier) October 16, 2026

Tebas compares Real Madrid to Nazi propaganda

The president of LaLiga followed this up with a comparison that is likely to generate considerable debate in Spain.

“This method is reminiscent of the propaganda mechanisms used by Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s Minister of Propaganda: systematic repetition, the construction of an enemy and the subordination of facts to a narrative. The comparison concerns these propaganda techniques, not an ideology and, of course, not Madrid supporters. Real Madrid TV is a central element of this machinery. Where is the complete analysis of the matches from each matchday? Where are the possible errors that harm other clubs or those that favour Real Madrid? If they applied the same critical scrutiny to all matches, the result might perhaps disrupt their script. But the script requires Real Madrid always to appear as a victim. This leads to the extreme of presenting even the ABSENCE OF AN ERROR as an error and using the Negreira case as a permanent explanation for any decision they do not like. Suspicion is treated as proven and the conclusion is written before the match has even begun. And this same technique is now being applied to schedules: only what fuels the sense of grievance is highlighted, while the context that would make it possible to verify the facts is concealed. So let us talk about schedules, Tomás. Let the senior official who feeds the mouthpieces explain how many requests for changes to match times and dates Real Madrid has submitted and how many have been accepted (on this issue, they are top of the table). The accepted ones too! Let him not limit himself to mentioning only those that serve his purpose in fuelling the latest controversy. And let him include the requests linked to the calendar aimed at facilitating the organisation of events that the ‘super licence’ allows to be held at the Santiago Bernabéu. Because when it comes to asking for the competition to be adapted to their needs, they show plenty of initiative; when it comes to acknowledging the requests that have been granted, they have far less memory. This is the balance sheet that should be published: what Real Madrid requested, what was granted and what could not be accommodated, together with the reasons. Schedules also affect the opponent, other clubs, supporters and the competition’s audiovisual commitments. A request does not become a right simply because it comes from Real Madrid, just as a refusal does not prove persecution. LaLiga is defending its competition. What is not serious is to request adjustments to dates, times and the calendar and then present every disagreement as proof that LaLiga is harming the club. If people want to discuss the treatment received, they must tell the story of ALL the treatment received. Tomás, here are specific questions for your sources. And Real Madrid TV has material for a programme: the club’s requests and the responses it has received. We will see whether they devote the same enthusiasm to that record as they do to videos denouncing grievances. Afterwards, the other mouthpieces amplify the message. Real Madrid TV provides the images, others provide the headlines, and they all repeat the same accusation,” he wrote.

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