LaLiga is suspended due to coronavirus outbreak LaLiga Top two divisions affected

LaLiga have announced that the league season been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Real Madrid basketball team had one player tested positive for coronavirus, which forced the club to put the football team into quarantine.

"In view of the circumstances discovered this morning, referring to the quarantine established at Real Madrid and the possible positive cases of players at other clubs, LaLiga considers that the circumstances already exist to continue with the next phase of the protocol of action against COVID-19," LaLiga's press release read.

"Consequently, in accordance with the measures established in the Royal Decree 664/1997 of May 12, we agree to the suspension, at least, of the next two matchdays.

"This decision will be re-evaluated after the end of the quarantine decreed at the clubs concerned and other possible situations that may occur.

"LaLiga, as organiser of the competition, has proceeded to communicate it to the RFEF [Spanish Football Federation], the CSD [National Sports Council] and the clubs."

The decision comes after the RFEF decided to suspend the next two matchdays in amateur football, taking a further step beyond the government's recommendation to play behind closed doors.

The events have been precipitating, and from Las Rozas, they invited to the rest of football's leaders to study their example.

After the pertinent deliberations, the most logical decision was reached and that is to stop football before waiting for events to occur.

LaLiga was not in favour of the suspension of the two mentioned matchdays, which was set to begin on Friday night with Real Madrid against Eibar, but the pressure of the Spanish Footballers' Association (AFE), the position of the RFEF to stop playing and the governmental advice to have a suspension of the league has led LaLiga's leaders to accept the decision to bring a halt to Spanish football for at least the next two weeks.

Now, the events and the effectiveness of the measures taken to curb the coronavirus will help determine the time at which Spanish football can start up again.

In the meantime, the RFEF's Monitoring Committee is continuing to evaluate all the events.