Real Madrid More distant than ever from Javier Tebas

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After the heads of LaLiga moved to postpone the Celta-Real Madrid game, an act that the Los Blancos hierarchy believe wasn't appropriate, thoughts have again turned to the realisation of a new European League.

With more distance than ever between Real and LaLiga chief Javier Tebas, the club want to understand why such a competition doesn't have enough resources to try and solve a problem that manifested itself 36 hours before the start of a match.

There is no talk of persecutions or conspiracies, or anything like it, more a disappointment in an organisation that has left much to be desired in how they've dealt with different situations over the last few weeks.

A European League is the next logical step for a club that are still seething after the latest events, and far from being a short-term project it just needs one club to give the idea a push and get it underway.

Real, it would appear, are going to look into the steps necessary to create the competition, which would see some of the legendary European teams invited.

The media boom and audience that Euroleague basketball is achieving has served as a reference point among the clubs that want to take that step.

Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern, Juventus, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain would all be involved with Los Blancos, the only question is whether UEFA will want to join the project or not.

Zinedine Zidane has remained calm and tried to make a positive assessment of what happened, although he would have liked to played against Celta on the correct day and time.

He is uneasy about not knowing when the date of the game will be, but is comforted by being the league leader with two games in hand and with a chasing pack that is becoming less and less populated by the game.