La Liga president Javier Tebas picks Tchouameni and Benzema over Lewandowski

The Panini stickers for the new La Liga 2022-23 season were released on Tuesday, September 6. Among the delegates present at the event was league president Javier Tebas, who made some mooted comments about Real Madrid and Barcelona’s transfer business.

When asked to choose between Robert Lewandowski and Aurelien Tchouameni as to determine who has been a better signing, Tebas simply answered, “Tchouameni,” as quoted by journalist Gonzalo Palafox.

The 22-year-old former Monaco midfielder has not made Real Madrid miss Casemiro, who joined Manchester United, one bit. Signed for a reported €80 million, with another €20 million in add-ons, he has played every single league game for his new team.

The 60-year-old was also asked to pick between Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and Barcelona’s new main man, Lewandowski, to which he said, “Since I’m a Madridista, I’ll say Benzema.”

Tebas’ comments have caused a major uproar on social media with regard to favouritism.

In any way, Lewandowski, who signed for a reported €50 million fee, has taken to the league as a duck takes to water, scoring five goals in four outings.

Such has been Lewandowski’s influence that the Poland forward has scored a brace in two of his last three league outings.

As far as Benzema is concerned, his brace against Espanyol on matchday 3 took his tally to three goals. The Real Madrid captain eventually blanked against Real Betis, but the defending Spanish and European champions still won the game 2-1.

Meanwhile, Tebas was also asked about his opinion on the entire Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid story.

The young Frenchman was said to be close to joining the Santiago Bernabeu outfit but decided to sign an extension with the Paris Saint-Germain instead.

Tebas explained that after much evaluation, La Liga was ready to welcome the Frenchman superstar but the move eventually collapsed.