Overview
- Real Madrid issued a formal statement Sunday saying FIFA’s move to stop the partial sale of tournament broadcast rights was right and that international competitions are a public asset belonging to nations, fans and society.
- LaLiga president Javier Tebas replied Sunday with sharp public attacks on Real Madrid and president Florentino Pérez, mocking Pérez’s credibility and publicly questioning the role of Real Madrid adviser Anas El Ghazi and the involvement of JP Morgan.
- Tebas accused Real Madrid of hypocrisy over commercial deals, noting the club did not join LaLiga’s CVC investment and pointing out that Madrid has pledged long-term Santiago Bernabéu revenues to finance its own work.
- The exchange is a rhetorical escalation rather than a new legal move and deepens a long-running institutional feud that has included lawsuits, the failed Super League project and repeated disputes over investor roles.
- Most Spanish clubs approved the CVC deal to swap a slice of future domestic TV income for immediate cash, a majority-backed choice that Tebas says explains why LaLiga treats the operation as voluntary while Madrid frames similar moves as problematic.