Real Madrid deny reports of leaving LaLiga for Premier League switch

INA - SOURCES 

Real Madrid have denied reports that the club are considering leaving LaLiga to join the Premier League, calling the claims "absurd and impossible."

Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo had reported that Madrid had analysed their options for abandoning LaLiga after becoming "sick of what they consider to be constant attacks from [league president Javier] Tebas."

However, the club firmly denied the report in a statement on Saturday.

"Regarding the information published today by Mundo Deportivo, in which it says that our club has studied leaving LaLiga for the Premier League, Real Madrid wants to make clear that it is absolutely false," it said.

"What's more, it is absurd and impossible, and is only meant to once again disrupt the day-to-day of our club."

The Barcelona-based Mundo Deportivo had claimed that the move was being "thought about very seriously" at Madrid.

"The intention of Real Madrid has been to learn if it would be possible to abandon the Spanish league and go to another powerful league," the newspaper claimed.

Mundo Deportivo alleged that the preferred destination for Madrid president Florentino Perez and his advisors would be the Premier League, while Serie A and the Bundesliga had also been looked at.