Former Barcelona president Joan Gaspart claimed La Liga would have been cancelled if Real Madrid were top of the table when the season was suspended.
The La Liga campaign is set to get back underway next month , with Barcelona holding a two-point lead over Madrid with 11 games left to play.
But Gaspart, who was Barca president from 2000 to 2003, said it would have been different if Madrid were leading the league when it was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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"If Madrid had finished as leader before the confinement, La Liga would have ended," he told Tertulia del 10 del Barca , via AS, on Wednesday.