Real Madrid demands Javier Tebas quit over Goebbels comparison
What's new: Madrid also wants Tebas out as RFEF vice president and renewed its push for wider refereeing reform.
Real Madrid called for the immediate resignation of La Liga president Javier Tebas after he likened the club’s communications tactics to propaganda methods used by Nazi official Joseph Goebbels. In a statement Friday, Madrid said the remarks were deeply offensive and incompatible with Tebas’ institutional role. The club demanded that Tebas step down not only from La Liga but also as vice president of the Spanish football federation, the RFEF. Tebas later argued he was comparing propaganda techniques, not ideology, but Madrid said that did not lessen the gravity of the comments. The dispute adds to a long-running feud over refereeing, Real Madrid TV’s criticism of match officials, and the wider fallout from the Negreira case involving Barcelona.