
La Liga president Javier Tebas has bluntly rejected Real Madrid’s request to postpone their opening game of the 2025–26 season, much to the dismay of the club’s players.
Madrid reportedly requested a change to the calendar which offers them little time to recover from this summer’s Club World Cup. Tebas has scarcely hid his distain for the newly expanded tournament, promising to “do everything possible to make sure the Club World Cup never happens again”. The outspoken official does not intend to let this “complete fiasco” impact the competition which he runs.