El Clásico in Court: Barcelona urges LaLiga and RFEF to sue Real Madrid president
FC Barcelona has formally requested that La Liga, the RFEF, and the Technical Committee of Referees take immediate legal and disciplinary measures against Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez for defamatory public statements that allegedly compromise the integrity of Spanish football.
FC Barcelona president Rafael Yuste y Abel has escalated the bitter institutional feud with fierce rivals Real Madrid.
In a formal letter sent to top Spanish football executives on Wednesday, Yuste demanded swift intervention following highly controversial public comments made by Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez in mid-May.
The communication was delivered directly to La Liga president Javier Tebas, Royal Spanish Football Federation president Rafael Louzán, and Technical Committee of Referees head Francisco Soto.
FC Barcelona urges La Liga to sue Florentino Perez
Barcelona officials claim that the urgent correspondence is a necessary defense mechanism designed to counteract a coordinated public relations campaign that threatens the club’s structural foundation.
According to Barcelona’s leadership, the public remarks delivered by Pérez on May 12 and 13 were entirely fabricated.
The Catalan club strongly asserts that these statements severely undermine the honor, overall image, and competitive sporting integrity of the First Division, while simultaneously casting unfair doubt on the transparency of the entire refereeing infrastructure.
The legal standoff serves as a direct byproduct of the infamous “Negreira Case,” which has deeply fractured Spanish football. Tensions reached a boiling point after Pérez publicly implied that Real Madrid had been stripped of multiple domestic titles due to systemic refereeing bias, prompting Barcelona to issue a formal pre-lawsuit conciliation warning earlier this month.
Barça is now urging Spanish sporting regulators to defend the prestige of their respective organizations.
The club insists that the recipient governing bodies must rapidly execute appropriate judicial and associative measures against Pérez to preserve the fragile institutional credibility, honorability, and long-standing prestige of professional football nationwide.
