La Liga to be Real Madrid's number one priority next season

Zinedine Zidane said on Wednesday La Liga will be Real Madrid's top priority next season after they were mathematically ruled out of the title race with five games left.

Barcelona's victory over Alaves confirmed that Madrid cannot be crowned champions given they sit 16 points behind the Catalans with only 15 still to play for.

Despite incredible success in the Champions League, it means Madrid have now won the Spanish title only once in seven years while Barca are on the cusp of securing their fourth in the last five, and eighth in 11.

"For us next year, the league must be our number one priority," Zidane said.

"It's the longest competition, it's the one that cannot be missed and I'm going to put that in the heads of my players.

"It will be our bread and butter for sure, without devaluing the rest, because we try to fight on all fronts at this club, but our bread and butter will be La Liga."
"There has not been much recruitment during the last two or three years. This year there will certainly be a little more."
"But this is not the time to talk about this today. Thibaut is available and so is Keylor."