LA LIGA PREVIEW: Here is the lowdown on Barcelona, Real Madrid and rest of top-flight teams

La Liga may have suffered a problematic time off the pitch having struggled to sell the UK TV rights and to establish a full fixture list, but the action on it returns tonight. LA LIGA ON TV IN THE UK ITV4 are showing matches from the opening three weeks of the new season, starting on Friday night: Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona - 8pm Friday, August 16 Barcelona v Real Betis - 8pm, Sunday, August 25 Villarreal v Real Madrid - 8pm, Sunday, September 1 ATHLETIC BILBAO Head coach: Gaizka Garitano Transfers In: Peru Nolaskoain, Inigo Vicente, Asier Villalibre, Gaizka Larrazabal Transfers out: Mikel Rico, Alex Remiro, Xabi Etxieta, Sabin Merino, Ander Iturraspe, Peru Nolaskoain, Andoni Lopez, Inigo Vicente, Markel Susaeta Last season: 8th With such restrictions in the transfer market, Athletic Bilbao always face an uphill battle when it comes to trying to improve on last season's performance. Roger Marti is considered Levante's most important player after his glut of goals last term RCD Mallorca Head coach: Vicente Moreno Transfers in: Lumor, Aleksandar Sedlar, Josep Sene, Alex Alegria, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Aleix Febas, Pablo Chavarria, Igor Zlatanovic, Martin Valjent, Ante Budimir Transfers out: Carlos Castro, Sergio Buenacasa, Enzo Lombardo, Pablo Valcarce, Bryan Reyna, Stoichkov, Franco Russo, Alex Lopez, Salva Ruiz, Fernando Cano, Alvaro Bustos, Leandro Montagud, Pol Roige, Alejandro Faurlin Last season: 5th, Segunda Division Anywhere above the bottom three will do for Mallorca this season just to restore some normality. The arrivals of Nabil Fekir and Borja Iglesias adds significant firepower to Betis' attack Real Madrid Head coach: Zinedine Zidane Transfers in: Eden Hazard, Luka Jovic, Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, Rodrygo, Alberto Soro, Luca Zidane, Javi Sanchez, Jorge de Frutos Transfers out: Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Llorente, Raul de Tomas, Theo Hernandez, Jesus Vallejo, Alberto Soro, Martin Odegaard, Dani Ceballos, Borja Mayoral, Jorge de Frutos, Sergio Reguilon, Javi Sanchez, Andriy Lunin, Luca Zidane Last season: 3rd It all looked so promising for Real Madrid at the start of the summer window as Zinedine Zidane looked to get all of his transfer business done and dusted ahead of the new campaign. Mikel Oyarzabal ended up staying at Real Sociedad despite much speculation over his future Real Valladolid Head coach: Sergio Transfers in: Javi Sanchez, Jorge de Frutos, Pedro Porro, Sandro Ramirez, Andriy Lunin, Federico Barba, Pablo Hervias Transfers out: Moises Delgado, Antonio Dominguez, Fernando Calero Last season: 16th Ronaldo may have splashed out to purchase a majority share in the club last season, but the former Brazil star's wallet has remained firmly shut this summer.