La Liga gets under way on Friday with questions facing all the major contenders. BBC Sport analyses what could be one of the most interesting seasons in years.
Neymar scored 68 goals in 112 appearances during his four-year spell with Barcelona between 2013 and 2017
After winning the past two league titles by extremely comfortable margins , Barcelona have refreshed their squad with a pair of big-money signings.from Ajax for 75m euros to energise a midfield where Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic are starting to look their age, while 120m euros secured French World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid to provide much-needed cover and competition for Luis Suarez at centre forward.
Regardless of how the squad shapes up by the end of the transfer window, Barca's season will inevitably be played out against the backdrop of their quest to regain European supremacy in the wake of consecutive calamitous second-leg collapses at Roma and Liverpool. The loss of Griezmann to Barca has been offset by the capture of the third-most expensive player in history, Portuguese starlet Joao Felix; theconcluded a sensational pre-season by scoring a classy winner against Juventus last weekend.
Spain international defender Mario Hermoso, young Brazilian left-back Renan Lodi and former Real Madrid midfielder Marcos Llorente are also on the long list of summer arrivals at the Wanda Metropolitano and, if Simeone can get everyone to gel, the reconfigured Colchoneros could become a major force.
Despite his silverware-laden first spell in charge, Zidane faces doubts over his tactical nous and wider coaching ability, especially at the head of a team in a transitional period, and those questions will be fully answered in the next few months.
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