We look at how Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are shaping up for the new season and hear from Luis Garcia and Gaizka Mendieta.
LaLiga is back with Barcelona chasing a hat-trick of league titles and again looking the ones to beat with both Real Madrid and Atletico having questions to answer for differing reasons after an eventful summer.
The Premier League may still be regarded as the best league in the world, but in Spain this summer there has been some huge transfer activity with three €100m signings being made by the three main challengers for the title.
And the three in question could hold the keys for their respective teams: can Eden Hazard spark a Real Madrid revival? Can Joao Felix justify Atletico Madrid's huge spending spree? Can Antoine Griezmann fit into an already packed Barcelona attack that may yet end up including Neymar?
to make it a title hat-trick, and after the summer they've had there's no wonder why, but can Real or Atletico Madrid launch a serious title challenge this season?
Barca backed for title hat-trick
Things for Ernesto Valverde and his squad actually fell flat last season after their devastating Champions League exit at Anfield, with Lionel Messi still talking about it in pre-season as a rallying cry for the coming campaign. They'll be going all-out to be kings of Europe again but will they take their eye of the ball domestically?
They certainly have the players to compete in both, after dominating last season they've only gone and added Antoine Griezmann to the list of mega-money forwards, joining Messi, Suarez, Coutinho (for now) and Dembele (also for now) in the most star-studded attack on the planet.
They've even solidified their midfield with Ajax's Frenkie De Jong, which could be the best move of them all when it comes to avoiding another European collapse this season. Barca have won eight of the last 11 Spanish league titles but progressed beyond the Champions League quarter-finals once in four years - that's just not good enough for this side.
Fitting all these players into a functioning side will be Valverde's biggest problem, but if Coutinho and/or Dembele depart in the remainder of the transfer window then that may help - while Messi missing the start of the season through injury is a bit of a worry.
Winning the league simply isn't enough for Barca this year - that will very much be the minimum requirement but with so much talent on show it's hard to see them finishing anywhere other than back on top.
All change at Atletico Madrid
This is a new Atletico as Diego Simeone has seen wholesale changes this summer, with stalwarts Antoine Griezmann, Lucas Hernandez, Filipe Luis, Juanfran and Diego Godin all leaving while Portuguese teenager Joao Felix has arrived under a fanfare - and a hefty price tag.
Kieran Trippier has arrived along with highly-regarded centre half Mario Hermoso, while Hector Herrera and Marcos Llorente bolster the midfield and they will still be hopeful of adding Valencia striker Rodrigo before the window closes. Alavaro Morata is there and as we know anything can happen when Diego Costa is around.
Felix has been excellent in pre-season and hopes are high of them at least being Barca's nearest challengers for a third straight season - as they've been transformed into a big-spending powerhouse after moving into their new stadium.
Getting these players to gel as a team will be Simeone's biggest task this season, that's why he's the best-paid manager in the league, and he'll have to get them moving quickly to try and catch Barca - but they at least look a lot more together than Madrid rivals Real after their strange summer of unrest.
Zidane under pressure at Real
The Spanish press have already been piling the pressure on Zinedine Zidane before a ball's even been kicked, and it's strange not to see more optimism surrounding a team that's splashed out over £200m this summer and brought in one of the best players in the world in Eden Hazard.
Luka Jovic, Rodrygo, Eder Militao and Ferland Mendy have all arrived, but it is lack of movement in two specific areas that has some fans concerned, notably the failure to complete Gareth Bale's departure and to bring in Paul Pogba. Pogba was said to be Zidane's top summer target and the fact they've been unable or unwilling to bring to the club is cause for concern in some quarters, with Bale's situation unsettling too.
Having Bale, and James Rodriguez for that matter, still around when Zidane has made it known he doesn't fancy them is not the best for team atmosphere, and when you throw in a serious injury to Marco Asensio and some poor pre-season results then there's no wonder there are clouds darkening above the Bernabeu.
There is debate over whether Thibault Courtois or Keylor Navas should be the number one keeper, while striker Jovic has been linked with a loan move away after failing to impress Zidane - these are not issues you need when setting out to overhaul a 19-point deficit to Barca from last season.
Turning their backs on Christian Eriksen looks like a mistake, and what they can do with Bale and Rodriguez could be pivotal to their chances this season. We must remember this is Real Madrid so they have to be respected - but this season is already shaping up to be another soap opera at Santiago Bernabeu.
Who are the best of the rest?
It has been a busy summer up and down LaLiga as all 20 clubs know that standing still means falling behind. Valencia have kept their core of last year’s Copa del Rey-winning squad, while also adding bullish centre-forward Maxi Gomez from RC Celta.
Getafe narrowly missed out on a huge upset when missing out on fourth place to Valencia on the final day last season, but they'll be hard-pushed to replicate that effort when faced with Europa League football this season - you could say the same for Espanyol who also punched above their weight last season.
Sevilla finished seventh and sixth in the last two years and now have former Spain national coach Julen Lopetegui settling in as their new coach. They're building a new-look team from 12 summer signings having sold Wissam Ben Yedder to Monaco.