Andy Mitten’s Primera Liga season preview takes pride of place on The National Sport front page on Thursday, August 18.
The 2016/17 Spanish league season gets under way on Friday night, and the two clubs from Madrid — Real and Atletico — are sure to be the biggest threats to Barcelona’s ambitions of a third successive Liga title.
Here, Mitten focuses on each of the top three clubs:
• Barcelona: Andre Gomes adds depth to title-or-bust Barcelona
• Real Madrid: Transfer Inactivity mars Real Madrid off-season
• Atletico Madrid: Stable, confident Atletico will be near top again
Andy also looks at the 'Best of the Rest' and assesses what we can expect from the rest of the challenger.
Completing Andy's previews, he has picked five players, outside of the usual suspects, to watch out for this season.
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