Perez demands resignation of La Liga President over Real Madrid comments
Spanish business tycoon Florentino Perez has demanded the immediate resignation of La Liga President Javier Tebas Medrano following comments he made about Real Madrid.
Medrano had earlier dismissed Real Madrid’s claims of a refereeing conspiracy following their 2-1 derby defeat to Atlético Madrid, calling the accusations a “smokescreen” and stating that believing the league’s officials are directed against them means living “in another galaxy”.
In a post shared on social media, Medrano criticised Madrid’s media channels referring to them as “mouthpieces” and “the regime’s television”—for systematically fuelling unrest.
Tebas posted, “When it’s not Negreira, it’s the referee. Take the blindfold off! Nobody with any common sense believes the same old excuse anymore.”
While reacting to the comments made by Medrano in a statement issued on Tuesday, Real Madrid declared that it is intolerable for the La Liga President to use his institutional position to repeatedly disparage and attack the club in the manner he does in every one of his public remarks.
The club said that it is deeply concerning that the person responsible for representing and protecting the interests of all LaLiga clubs remains obsessively fixated on Real Madrid, making the club a constant target of his public attacks.
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The statement reads thus in full; “In light of the statements made by LaLiga President Javier Tebas Medrano, Real Madrid C.F. wishes to state the following:
“Our club considers it intolerable for the LaLiga President to use his institutional position to repeatedly disparage and attack Real Madrid in the manner he does in every one of his public statements. It is deeply concerning that the person responsible for representing and protecting the interests of all LaLiga clubs remains obsessively fixated on Real Madrid, making our club a constant target of his public attacks.
“His latest intervention is particularly serious and incomprehensible—unbecoming of a responsible administrator—as it involves commenting on an article by an independent journalist in a digital media outlet. Yet, he reacts against our club by taking the liberty of critiquing our sporting strategy—an utterly absurd and irresponsible move.
“It is astonishing that the LaLiga President devotes his time and personal channels to publicly discrediting Real Madrid, rather than using his position to foster trust in the institutions charged with guaranteeing the competition’s impartiality. In doing so, he continues to damage the image of our competition and of Spanish football worldwide.
“Given this persistent and inappropriate behavior, we believe that professional football in Spain urgently needs a leader capable of managing the competition and unlocking its full potential while upholding the fundamental duty of neutrality.
“It needs someone who understands the nature of the role; the LaLiga President is not the owner of the competition, but an administrator serving the clubs that comprise it and have entrusted him with its leadership. We, the clubs, need someone who will honestly serve this mission,” the statement concluded.
