Players' union and LaLiga meeting at Audiencia Nacional postponed

What happened

A scheduled meeting between the footballers' union AFE and LaLiga at the Audiencia Nacional, intended to unblock the start of negotiations on a new collective agreement, has been postponed, according to the Spanish outlet AS. The postponement was attributed to a general strike backed by the Futbolistas ON union, which did not appear.

Report details

AS reported that relations between players and the employers' side are not at their best, pointing to tensions between AFE and LaLiga over the past year. The source said a strike on the scale of past football stoppages is not being contemplated.

The new collective agreement must be negotiated this season, according to the report, which also cited the Plan Miami and the break between matches as points of potential conflict.