Tebas re-elected president of LaLiga

The outspoken president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, has been re-elected to his position as head of Spanish football's two top divisions, the league said on Tuesday.

Proclamación definitiva de Javier Tebas como presidente de la LALIGA por 4 años.

Decisión acordada por la Comisión Electoral de la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LALIGA) reunida hoy y en aplicación de los Estatutos Sociales y el Reglamento Gral.

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Tebas, 61, had resigned in November in order to seek a fourth term and was the only candidate.

He assumed the presidency of LaLiga for the first time in April 2013 and was re-elected in 2016 and 2019.

"The Electoral Commission of the National Professional Football League (LaLiga)... has agreed to the definitive proclamation of Mr. Javier Tebas Medrano as President of the National Professional Football League, for a period of four years," LaLiga said in a statement.

Tebas, the former club president of Huesca, is credited with reforming Spanish football's TV rights bargaining by centralising a system which previously relied on clubs negotiating individually.

He has butted heads with the presidents of Real Madrid and Barcelona over their support for a proposed European Super League.

And he has raised hackles abroad with his criticism of clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, arguing that their Gulf-based ownership amounts to "financial doping".