La Liga president Javier Tebas accuses FIFA of destroying football, urges Gianni Infantino to resign

La Liga president Javier Tebas on July 21, 2026 accused FIFA of destroying football and urged FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign. The comments were published on July 21, 2026.

Tebas is the president of La Liga, Spain's top professional football league, and Gianni Infantino is the president of FIFA. The allegation targeted FIFA's governance at the global level and specifically named its leader. The published statement contained the accusation and a call for Infantino's resignation.

By declaring that FIFA was destroying football, Tebas set a confrontational tone between a major domestic competition and the international governing body. His call for Infantino to step down placed the responsibility for his criticism squarely on FIFA's president. Both men are identified by name and office in the published account.

The remarks made headlines on July 21, 2026 and were disseminated in published coverage that day. No further details about timing, venue, or the circumstances of the remarks are included here. The focus of the material is the accusation and the resignation demand.

The available account does not include direct quotations beyond the summary of Tebas's position. Nor does it present a response from Gianni Infantino or from FIFA. The record is limited to the charge that FIFA is destroying football and the call for Infantino to resign.

La Liga's president publicly challenging the head of FIFA represents a notable dispute between a major league and the sport's world governing body. How FIFA or Infantino will react was not set out in the published material dated July 21, 2026.