Tottenham are furious that their preparations for Tuesday night's Champions League clash with Real Madrid have been marred by claims they are widely hated for their Jewish heritage.
The slurs formed part of a full-page article in Marca, a Madrid-based sports paper closely allied to Real, which attempted to recount the club's rich history but contained many inaccuracies and insensitive phrases.
A Tottenham statement said: 'We are astonished that a publication such as Marca, which presents itself as an alleged source of professional journalism, has seen fit to publish such an article which is blatantly wrong and wholly distasteful.