Real Madrid deny French allegations of 'doping doctor' link
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Real Madrid have begun legal action against the French newspaper Le Monde following an article published last week alleging that the club had links to the controversial Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes.
Fuentes, who is being investigated in a judicial inquiry into doping in sport, particularly cycling, did not name the clubs he has worked with in an interview with Le Monde.
Real published a copy of a letter sent to Le Monde on their website. It read: "The article is false, for Real Madrid have never been linked to doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. It is also false that our club has ever requested the services of this doctor. No unauthorised product or substance has ever been used within our club.
"Equally false is the notion that any of our players ever scheduled appointments with said doctor. Thus, all reports and data published are emphatically false.
"Taking into account the falsehood of the information published by your journal, we invite and demand [you] to rectify all these false reports and that this rectification and subsequent apology be published in the same manner and layout format as the above mentioned original article with its false allegations.
"In any event, we wish to inform you that Real Madrid (notwithstanding the legal actions that other incriminated parties may incur) will file the appropriate lawsuit against your newspaper and the person or persons directly or indirectly responsible for the fabrication and publication of said false and untrue reports."
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments