Soccer:The start of the Spanish season remains up in the air after today's talks between the Spanish Professional Footballers' Union and the Spanish Football League (LFP) intended to avert a strike failed to find a resolution.
That means this weekend’s scheduled start to the Primera and Segunda Division fixtures will not now take place, and it remains to be seen when the season will begin.
The league announced last week that players from the top two divisions would go on strike for the first two weeks of the 2011/12 season unless an agreement was reached over the issue of unpaid wages.
The players want a guaranteed fund to protect their wages in the event of their clubs being declared insolvent. The two parties have been meeting this week but no agreement has yet been reached and they will resume talks tomorrow morning.
The Primera Division season was due to begin tomorrow, with Sunday’s games including champions Barcelona going to Malaga and Real Madrid hosting Athletic Bilbao, while the Segunda Division was meant to begin this evening with a fixture between Villarreal B and Hercules.
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