Just in: Real Madrid president will not attend El Clasico after comments by Barcelona spokesman

Relations between Barcelona and Real Madrid have been very frosty of late, especially in light of the Negreira case controversy, with historical and political differences popping up between the two rivals.

In a recent interview regarding the case, Barcelona president Joan Laporta invited Florentino Perez to attend the upcoming El Clasico as an olive branch.

The two sides, who were spearheading the European Super League project together, seemed like they were seeing eye to eye on a number of things, but the bridges seem to be collapsing rather quickly.

Comments about Vinicius in poor taste

Matters have now gotten worse, after remarks made by deputy spokesperson of Barcelona’s board Mikel Camps have led to even more animosity, and according to El Chiringuito, Perez will not attend the game at the weekend because of it.

Vinicius Jr faced another incident of racism during the game against Sevilla, a repeating pattern of abuse that Real Madrid’s Brazilian winger spoke out against.

At least two Sevilla supporters were seen making blatantly racist gestures towards Vinicus during the match, and he then took to X to make a statement about it after the game, highlighting that it was the 19th time that such an incident had happened.

“The face of today’s racist is plastered on websites as on many other occasions. I hope the Spanish authorities do their part and change the legislation once and for all. These people must be criminally punished too.”

In response, Camps made a scathing statement on social media slamming Vinicius for his supposed “antics” and claiming that he was not a victim.

The post was then deleted, but has understandably caused further tension. There is no doubt the comments were in poor taste, and it remains to be seen how Barcelona action it internally.