Laporta Slams Real Madrid, RMTV as Negreira Row Intensifies After Super League Split

Overview

• At Barcelona’s Christmas dinner, Joan Laporta accused Real Madrid and its TV channel of running “permanent smear campaigns” that “spew lies and poison the public.”
• Hours earlier in Terrassa, Laporta said critics “can’t stand” Barcelona’s resurgence and warned the rhetoric “is getting out of hand,” framing the attacks as an attempt to divert attention.
• Pérez recently escalated his stance by calling the Negreira affair “the most serious problem that football has today, even at an international level.”
• La Liga president Javier Tebas rebuked Pérez, saying Real Madrid joined the court case later than others, asked questions already covered, and that La Liga—not Madrid—first took the matter to prosecutors.
• Recent reports highlight Barcelona’s shift to rebuild ties within UEFA structures, including Laporta’s October appearance at the European Football Clubs assembly, as the institutional rift with Real Madrid widens.