According to Spanish employment law, any game not played cannot be re-scheduled. The uncertainty surrounding strike action could see the league championship draw to a close this weekend.

There is nothing to do but hope for a solution, because if the strike goes ahead, it would lead to even greater chaos. Beyond internal football rules and regulations, where nothing is "gospel", an intense debate could end up embroiled in employment law. "We don't know what might happen", La Liga sources have said.

However, employment law would lead to all-out chaos and confusion. The law dictates that games missed through strike action cannot be re-scheduled. That would mean this weekend's games would be the last of the season and the league table would stay as it is, without gameweeks 37 and 38.

That would mean no Atlético vs. Barça, no Espanyol vs. Real Madrid, and a historic clash of opposing interests: Those teams currently safe from relegation could use the Spanish Constitution and the right to strike to never play their outstanding fixtures. That would mean all-out war between the league champions, those qualified for the Champions League and the Europa League, and every other team in the table. A mess of epic proportions.

Even the precedent set in 2011, when the first games of the season were re-scheduled, cannot be used in jurisprudence now because the LFP has challenged the RFEF's decision to postpone the league championship, something that did not happen back then when negotiations were ongoing.