Real demand Tebas resign over Goebbels comparison

Real Madrid demand La Liga president Tebas resign over Goebbels comparison

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Real Madrid have demanded the resignation of La Liga President Javier Tebas after he compared the club's management to Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels.

Tebas made the comparison in a social media post on Friday, stating that Real Madrid's management directs an orchestra of mouthpieces and Real Madrid TV leads the singing.

He claimed that the club's communication and use of its in-house TV channel 'recalls propaganda mechanisms exploited by Goebbels', citing systematic repetition, construction of an enemy, and subordination of facts to the narrative.

Real Madrid responded by calling Tebas' statement 'deeply offensive' and 'morally repugnant', and demanded his immediate resignation from both his position as La Liga president and vice-president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

This is not the first time Tebas and Real Madrid have clashed, with the club previously calling for his resignation in September over his criticism of their refereeing complaints.

Tebas has also been critical of Real Madrid and its president, Florentino Perez, in the past, including over their plans to join a European Super League in 2021.

The feud between Tebas and Real Madrid has deepened, with the club accusing him of a lack of neutrality, respect, and impartiality, and calling his repeated attacks on the club 'a genuine scourge for Spanish football'.