Liga arbitration will experience some changes in 2025-2026, with, among other things, a desire to call on the VAR only in the event of clear, obvious and manifest errors, and to leave the final decision to the main referee. In parallel, the Technical Arbitration Committee (CTA) was renewed, the former referee Fran Soto becoming the new president.
The president of Laliga, Javier Tebas, gave his opinion on these changes: “We are delighted with the change to the CTA and the direction that Fran Soto will set up, and it is not necessary that he is an elite referee. We hope that AI will work well with promotions and relegations, but the expert, Chema Alonso, has gone to the enemy of La Liga and his position was incompatible with the company that hired it, even if I heard by the media. ”
