Real Madrid had a hard time last season and lost their grip on the league victory relatively early, and also left the Champions League earlier than expected. Now the club has recruited Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard to face Barcelona, and possibly Atletico Madrid in a title race.
Barcelona look to continue their offensive with Messi, Suarez, Coutinho and Dembélé, and now they have also acquired French world champion Antoine Griezmann from Atlletico and Dutch young star Frenkie de Jong from Ajax. Atletico, on the other hand, won the draw for Portuguese star Joao Felix.
Isaac makes his La Liga debutLa Liga is almost always about Real Madrid and Barcelona, but in recent years Atletico Madrid has also interfered in. Valencia, Seville, possibly Real Betid (who managed to recruit the French star, Villarreal and Real Sociedad can mix in the important European places .
Historically, the Spanish league has not attracted so many Swedish players, nor this year. But there is great interest in Real Sociedad's new striker Alexander Isak. He will probably debut in La Liga away to Valencia on Saturday night.
AIK-bred Isaac left the German big team Dortmund last spring and made a success in Dutch Willem II. The success led to the Real Sociedad from the Basque heard and now it is intended that the 19-year-old national team will score goals in the Spanish league.
The other Swede is more established, but not as hot; Alaves John Guidetti. After a good fall last season, it went hard for Guidetti in the spring and he only played sporadically. Alaves starts at home against Levante on Sunday.