With or without Lionel Messi, Barcelona already know when they will start their La Liga season and when they'll face Clasico rivals and defending champions Real Madrid.
The Spanish league announced its calendar on Monday, and the first round is scheduled for the second weekend of September. But Barcelona and other teams who played later into this past season will have some of their games postponed so they have time to prepare.
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Barcelona's first game will be on the third matchday of the calendar, at home against Villarreal at Camp Nou. Their games against promoted Elche and Athletic Bilbao will be played at a later date.
The first Clasico against Real will be on October 25, also at Camp Nou. The second will be on April 11 in Madrid.
Real, which also returned to training on Monday, will debut in the second round at Real Sociedad. Only Madrid's first-round game was postponed as they, unlike Barca, didn't reach the Champions League quarterfinals.
Atletico Madrid have been given the first two rounds off, and will start against Granada at home.
The league is scheduled to finish in May 2021.
All matches will continue to be played in empty stadiums. The league hoped at least some fans would be allowed into matches, but Spain has been struggling to contain a new surge of coronavirus cases.
Messi, who last week told Barcelona he wants to leave, skipped the team's first day of training on Monday. He had already been a no-show on Sunday as the squad underwent coronavirus testing at the club's training center. He wants to leave on a clause that allows him to leave for free at the end of the season, but Barcelona said that clause has expired.
The club wants the Argentina great to stay at least until the end of his contract in June 2021. There is no sign of how long the dispute is going to last, as neither the club nor the player appear to be willing to make concessions.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.