Real Madrid Demands La Liga President Resign After Being Compared to Nazi Propaganda

Spanish professional football club Real Madrid has strongly reacted and called for the resignation of the La Liga president after he compared the club management's operational methods to Nazi propaganda.

In a statement released today (the 17th, KST), Real Madrid stated, "We find it completely unacceptable and a matter of extreme gravity that La Liga President Javier Tebas (64) compared our club management's administration to the methods of Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister of the Nazi regime, and pointed to Real Madrid TV (the club's official channel) as a tool for such strategy."

The club added, "We determine that Tebas is no longer fit to hold his current position, and we demand that he immediately step down as La Liga president and Spanish Football Federation vice president."

Tebas, who has led La Liga since 2013, was re-elected after running as the sole candidate in the 2023 election, with his term running until 2027.

Tebas and Real Madrid have long been at odds over La Liga's management methods, broadcast rights revenue distribution, the club's commercial interests, and league authority, with their rift deepening recently over controversies surrounding refereeing fairness.

When Tebas criticized Real Madrid's complaints regarding referee decisions as a "smoke screen to cover up poor performance on the pitch," the club went as far as arguing that a new La Liga president was needed.

Amidst this situation, before Real Madrid released its statement earlier today, Tebas posted a message on his social media account.

In the post, Tebas claimed, "The Real Madrid management is conducting an orchestra played by multiple spokespeople, and Real Madrid TV is leading that chorus," arguing that certain outlets are spreading specific messages on behalf of Real Madrid's management.

Tebas also wrote, "They are always the same. They cherry-pick scenes that favor them, repeat grievances, stoke suspicions, and point fingers at enemies."

He then added, "The method is reminiscent of the propaganda techniques utilized by Goebbels, the propaganda minister of Nazi Germany."

Following this, Tebas clarified regarding the comparison, stating, "It was about propaganda techniques, not aimed at a specific ideology or the Real Madrid fanbase."

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