The former Barcelona midfielder had spent most of previous day in meetings with club officials
Real Madrid to begin LaLiga title defence at Almeria
Real Madrid will begin the defence of their Spanish league title away to Almeria on Aug. 14 and Barcelona host Rayo Vallecano the same weekend, LaLiga said on Thursday.
Published : 23 June 2022, 08:22 PM
Updated : 23 June 2022, 08:22 PM
With theWorld Cup in Qatar scheduled to be played for the first time in the middle ofthe European domestic season, the LaLiga campaign will not end until next June.
The WorldCup is due to start on Nov 21 and LaLiga will resume on Dec 31, two weeks afterthe final.
The Clasicomeetings between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be over the weekend of Oct 16at Santiago Bernabeu and the weekend of March 19 at Camp Nou.
The SpanishSupercup in Saudi Arabia will take place between Jan. 11- 15 and the Copa delRey final is on May 6.
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