In the latest round of exchanges, the La Liga president has denounced accusations that he brought race into his spat with Manchester City's chairman
La Liga president Javier Tebas has hit back at claims from Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak that he brought race into their on-going argument surrounding accusations of jealousy.
Tebas was reacting to the City supremo’s assertion that their rivals have become envious of the club’s success – to which the forthright president suggested that the English treble winners had harmed European football via “state-sponsored” spending.
His remarks prompted a stinging response from Al-Mubarak, with the Emirati national suggesting there was something "deeply wrong about bringing ethnicity into the conversation.