Real Madrid push for Javier Tebas to step down as LaLiga president

Real MadridReal MadridLaLiga · Spain2nd POS27–5–6 W-D-L are reported to want Javier Tebas to stand down as LaLigaLaLigaSpain5 CLUBS95 MATCHES president after he compared the club's efforts to discredit referees with the propaganda techniques of the German Nazi regime. The position was reported on 16 October 2026 and has not been confirmed by Real Madrid, by Tebas or by the league.

The comparison is the substance of the dispute rather than the resignation call itself. Tebas is reported to have characterised Real Madrid's public campaign against refereeing decisions as resembling Nazi propaganda methods, and the club is reported to treat that framing as grounds for him to leave his post.

2025/26

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POS

2nd

W-D-L

27–5–6

GF

77

GA

35

Season 2025/26

What has not been established

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The exact words Tebas used, and the occasion on which he is said to have used them, have not been made public. There is no confirmed account of where or when the comparison was made, or of the remarks that surrounded it.

Nor is the form of Real Madrid's position clear. Whether the club has written to LaLiga, raised the matter with other clubs or simply made its view known privately has not been described.

Tebas has not been confirmed to have responded, and LaLiga has not set out a position of its own.

Why the standoff matters

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The dispute sets a member club against the head of its own league over a comparison that neither side can easily set aside. Clubs and leagues have to work together across a season, and an open demand for the president's resignation is hard to manage quietly.

No route by which the reported demand could be acted on has been described, and it is not known whether Tebas has any intention of leaving. The league's leadership has not said whether it regards the matter as closed.

What is still open

• Whether Javier Tebas has commented on the reported demand.
• The exact wording of the comparison and the setting in which it was made.
• Whether LaLiga has taken any position on the remarks.
• Whether Real Madrid have put the demand in writing or made it publicly.

What happens next

For now the resignation call stands as a reported account of Real Madrid's view rather than a formal step that has been taken. It would gain weight if the club confirmed it on the record, or if Tebas or LaLiga answered it directly; until then, the timing of any next move is unknown.