Javier Tebas challenges Real Madrid criticism with Sanchez video

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has reignited his dispute with Real Madrid by publishing a video comparing comments made by Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez with those of Jose Manuel Rodriguez Uribes, president of the National Sports Council, about propaganda techniques attributed to Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.

The post, shared on X on Saturday, 21 November 2026, follows a row over Tebas’s comparison of methods used by Real Madrid’s television channel with those associated with Goebbels.

According to Spanish newspaper Marca, Tebas combined two separate video clips. The first showed Rodriguez Uribes describing Tebas’s comments about Real Madrid’s channel as “unacceptable”. The second featured Sanchez discussing the construction of a major lie from a number of truthful facts during an interview with content creator Jordi Wild.

Tebas argued that both men had referred to the same propaganda methods, while questioning why the National Sports Council had reacted differently to his own remarks.

Rodriguez Uribes said: “I believe it is unacceptable. Nazi ideology or Goebbels can never be used as an element of comparison with a football club, especially by the president of LaLiga when speaking about a club taking part in the competition. I believe that goes beyond the limits of freedom of expression.”

In the second clip, Sanchez referred to one of the methods attributed to Goebbels, saying: “The third method is apparent credibility: selecting certain elements that are true and then building a big lie from them. There are many examples of this in political debate.”

Tebas said his original comments, made on 16 October, concerned only the repetition of messages, the deliberate selection of information and the creation of an enemy. He stressed that his comparison did not relate to Nazi ideology or Real Madrid supporters.

Real Madrid responded by calling for Tebas to resign immediately, describing his comments as unacceptable and exceptionally serious. Rodriguez Uribes also urged the LaLiga president to withdraw his remarks and apologise to the club.

The dispute escalated on 22 October, when the National Sports Council submitted a reasoned request to the Administrative Court for Sport. The court was asked to consider whether Tebas’s statements constituted a breach of sports regulations.

Alongside the video, Tebas wrote: “Pedro Sanchez explains the propaganda techniques used by Goebbels during an interview with Jordi Wild, while speaking about the opposition. I am referring to the same propaganda techniques in relation to Real Madrid’s channel and its affiliated media mouthpieces, while Rodriguez Uribes describes this as an unacceptable comparison.”

He concluded: “The reference to propaganda techniques is the same, but the reactions are completely different. Watch the two clips and judge for yourselves.”