{"id":450655,"date":"2025-12-16T09:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/450655\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T09:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:41:12","slug":"la-liga-president-accuses-real-madrid-of-theatre-amid-negreira-controversy-dont-let-them-spin-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/450655\/","title":{"rendered":"La Liga president accuses Real Madrid of theatre amid Negreira controversy \u2013 \u2018Don\u2019t let them spin the story\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running Negreira case has <a href=\"https:\/\/madriduniversal.com\/real-madrid-outraged-over-la-liga-and-rfefs-silence-during-laportas-testimony-in-negreira-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:once again ignited tensions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">once again ignited tensions<\/a> at the very top of Spanish football, with a public and unusually sharp exchange between La Liga president Javier Tebas and Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.<\/p>\n<p>After Perez voiced strong criticism regarding what he described as \u201cpassivity\u201d in the judicial handling of the case, Tebas took his time before responding.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>When he finally did, his reply was anything but restrained.<\/p>\n<p>Using his personal X account, the La Liga president directly addressed Perez and dismissed his claims with a tone that left little room for interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>Opening his response, Tebas urged caution against what he views as a distorted version of events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDon\u2019t let them spin the story for you, president,\u201d <\/strong>Tebas begins in his post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A rant from the chief\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From there, Tebas moved into a detailed explanation of how judicial procedures actually function, pushing back against the idea that La Liga had failed to act decisively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIn a legal proceeding, intervention is not at the discretion of the interested party, but in accordance with the legal order of appearance in the proceedings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe order was clear and categorical: the prosecutor, Estrada Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s lawyer, LaLiga (although we acted earlier in the prosecutor\u2019s office), and finally, Real Madrid, which was the last to appear.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tebas then turned the focus squarely back on Real Madrid, questioning the club\u2019s timing and suggesting that responsibility for any perceived delay lies closer to home.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Addressing Perez directly, he posed a pointed rhetorical question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDon\u2019t you remember why you were the last? Passivity, then. By the way, the prosecutor asked 19 questions, Estrada\u2019s lawyer asked two before the question asked by La Liga\u2019s lawyer,\u201d<\/strong> said the La Liga president.<\/p>\n<p>As his statement progressed, Tebas\u2019 language became increasingly forceful.<\/p>\n<p>He underlined that the questions Real Madrid later sought to introduce had already been covered during the testimony of Luis Enrique and Ernesto Valverde, rendering further intervention redundant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnd it should be emphasised that the questions that Real Madrid tried to raise afterwards had already been answered by Luis Enrique and Valverde.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTo speak of \u2018passivity\u2019 in this context not only disregards the legal proceedings but also disrespects the intelligence of anyone who knows how a court works.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThat is not indignation: it is theatre. La Liga respects the processes, acts when it must, and does not construct narratives. Others, unfortunately, do,\u201d <\/strong>he concluded.t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The long-running Negreira case has once again ignited tensions at the very top of Spanish football, with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":450656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,76041,76042,2961,4732,207074,224,5337,5207,10214],"class_list":{"0":"post-450655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-florentino-perez","11":"tag-javier-tebas","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-liga","14":"tag-legal-proceeding","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-president","18":"tag-real-madrid"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115728592914486300","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}