Real Madrid demand Javier Tebas resignation over Joseph Goebbels comparison
Real Madrid has demanded the resignation of La Liga president Javier Tebas after he compared the club's media tactics to Nazi propaganda methods used by Joseph Goebbels. The club labeled the comments as deeply offensive and morally repugnant, rejecting Tebas's clarification that he was referring to techniques rather than ideology.
Why it matters
This conflict highlights the intense and often toxic relationship between football governing bodies and major clubs, raising questions about professional conduct in sports leadership.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Javier Tebas has had several past disputes with Real Madrid
Real Madrid have called for the "immediate resignation" of La Liga president Javier Tebas after he drew comparisons between the club's management and Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.
Tebas said Real Madrid's communication and the use of its in-house TV channel "recalls propaganda mechanisms exploited by Goebbels".
Real Madrid have called the statement "deeply offensive" and "morally repugnant".
The club have also demanded Tebas steps down as both the head of the Spanish top flight and vice-president of the Spanish Football Association (RFEF).
"Real Madrid considers it absolutely intolerable and extraordinarily serious that someone holding two positions of utmost responsibility in Spanish football resorts to a comparison with the propaganda methods of the Nazi regime to discredit our club, its management and its television," the club said.
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