Complaint against Javier Tebas expanded over Nazi propaganda comparison with Real Madrid

Institutional pressure on Javier Tebas has moved up another notch. The LaLiga president is facing an expanded complaint before Spain's Higher Sports Council after Miguel Galán, head of the Democracy and Transparency in Sport Association, added new posts published by the executive on X. The original filing already targeted remarks in which Tebas equated Real Madrid's communication methods with the Nazi propaganda machine.

• Miguel Galán has expanded his complaint against Javier Tebas with later posts from the LaLiga president.
• The filing argues that Tebas maintains a repeated pattern of discrediting Real Madrid, its directors and its president.
• It asks for the case to be referred to the Administrative Court of Sport over an alleged very serious breach of the Sports Law.
• Galán is seeking Tebas's removal from office and a ban while the procedure is being processed.
• The Administrative Court of Sport closed a previous complaint against Tebas without sanction over financial information published about FC Barcelona.

What the expanded complaint against the LaLiga president says

The expanded filing is based on two posts that Javier Tebas published after the initial complaint was submitted. In one, the league president questioned the way the Madrid club presented its request for his resignation as a demand from the international press. In another, published on Sunday, he claimed that Real Madrid's leadership has settled into manipulation and falsehood, fuels grievance and presents itself as a victim when the procedure is reported.

For Miguel Galán, both messages confirm that Tebas is continuing with the same attitude. The sports association executive interprets that the LaLiga president blames a competition club for manipulation and falsehood in its official statements, which in his view reinforces the idea of sustained behaviour over time.

The Goebbels comparison and the grounds for the complaint

The dispute stems from a message shared by Javier Tebas in which he linked the communication strategy of Real Madrid and its television channel to the propaganda methods attributed to Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister of Nazi Germany. That comparison is at the heart of the initial twenty-page document that Galán sent to the Higher Sports Council.

Galán considers the comparison between Real Madrid and Nazi propaganda to be especially serious and argues that Tebas uses his institutional account and public appearances to discredit the club, its president and its directors.

The requests before the Sports Council and the Administrative Court of Sport

The filing calls for the facts to be referred to the Administrative Court of Sport over an alleged very serious breach of Spain's Sports Law. While the procedure is resolved, Galán is asking for precautionary measures to be adopted and for Javier Tebas to be removed as head of LaLiga, as well as banned from holding the position.

The expansion also includes other precedents that, according to the complainant, show this is not an isolated episode. The aim of the document is to present the league president as a repeat offender in the use of his public channels to attack Real Madrid.

Miguel Galán's history of complaints against Javier Tebas

This is not the first time Miguel Galán has taken Javier Tebas before Spain's sports disciplinary bodies. In August 2025, the president of the Democracy and Transparency in Sport Association filed a complaint against LaLiga for publishing information on FC Barcelona's financial situation on its website.

That case was also considered by Galán to be a very serious infringement. However, the Administrative Court of Sport closed the file after a year of analysis after concluding that there were no sufficient grounds to sanction Javier Tebas. The ruling left the president of Spain's clubs without punishment and set a precedent that is now being tested again with the new expanded complaint.

What could happen next for the league president

The Higher Sports Council now has the decision on whether to step in on its own initiative and refer the matter to the Administrative Court of Sport. If the court admits the complaint, disciplinary proceedings would begin that could result in sanctions for Javier Tebas or, on the contrary, in another dismissal like the one already seen in the FC Barcelona case.

The request for removal from office and a ban adds an unusual dimension to this type of procedure. Although precautionary measures of that severity rarely succeed in the Spanish sports administrative system, the petition reflects the hardening of the standoff between the complainants and LaLiga's leadership.

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