Overview
- Javier Tebas posted on X on Friday comparing Real Madrid’s communications to the propaganda techniques of Joseph Goebbels, a comment the club says is deeply offensive.
- Real Madrid issued an official statement the same day calling the comparison "absolutely intolerable" and demanding Tebas’s immediate resignation from LaLiga and the RFEF vice-presidency.
- The club repeated that it has appealed directly to UEFA for full clarification of payments linked to José María Enríquez Negreira and urged a complete overhaul of refereeing, governance, oversight and disciplinary bodies in Spanish football.
- Tensions have been building after recent disciplinary disputes, including a four-match suspension for Vinícius Júnior, which Real Madrid says show a pattern of partiality and repeated attacks by Tebas.
- There is no public record of Tebas resigning or being sanctioned and the episode has raised the likelihood of institutional follow-ups such as UEFA review while increasing pressure for reform that could change how referees and federations are supervised.