Players’ Strike postpones start of Spanish league

The opening weekend of the Spanish football season, scheduled to start on Saturday, has been postponed due to strike action by the players’ union (AFE) after talks failed to reach an agreement, the football league (LFP) said on Friday.

Updated on: Aug 20, 2011, 01:42:55 IST

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The opening weekend of the Spanish football season, scheduled to start on Saturday, has been postponed due to strike action by the players’ union (AFE) after talks failed to reach an agreement, the football league (LFP) said on Friday.

“Both parties have explained their positions and have agreed to continue with the conversations over the meetings already agreed, on Saturday at (0915 GMT) and on Monday at the same time,” the LFP said in a statement.

The AFE are demanding greater protection for players’ wages at clubs who have gone into financial administration and

last week called a strike for the first two rounds of matches in the top two leagues.

The first meeting between the sides on Wednesday ended quickly with no resolution.

“There is a strike called for the first two rounds of matches. We’ll have to wait and see what happens overall. We’ll try and reach an agreement and seek solutions to avoid the strike for the second round of matches,” said Jose Luis Astiazaran, president of the LFP which represents the 42 professional clubs in the top two divisions.

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