Real Madrid and a red-hot Kylian Mbappé host Barcelona on Sunday aiming to hit back at their rivals after losing all four clasicos last season.

La Liga president Javier Tebas didn’t explicitly name Real Madrid during a lengthy social media post lamenting the cancelation of the Miami-based league fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona, but didn’t deploy much subtlety when accusing certain forces of “killing the project.”

With Real Madrid hosting El Clasico on Sunday against FC Barcelona, star Kylian Mbappe will be looking forward to turn around his negative record against wonderkid Lamine Yamal

The Spanish league says plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal outside Miami in December have been called off.

Barcelona have the option to sign Rashford, 27, permanently for €30m following the expiration of his loan at the end of the 2025-26 season.

Los Rojiblancos have frequently traded players with Barcelona, including a deal for Clement Lenglet back in June, and Christensen could be the next name heading to the capital.

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has decisions to make in attack ahead of the first Clasico of the season against Real Madrid.

Villarreal has blamed poor management by the Spanish league for the cancellation of its planned regular-season game against Barcelona in the United States