Getafe meanwhile have added Adrian Colunga to their squad, but Colunga will do well to score as many goals as the departed Soldado.

It is no exaggeration to say that virtually every other team in the league is a candidate to relegation -- sides such as Sporting Gijon, Osasuna, Espanyol and Zaragoza will look to their home form and passionate support to keep them up and all four should be good enough to avoid the drop.

The newly promoted teams, Real Sociedad, Levante and Hercules could all struggle and Hercules especially will be under the spotlight after match-fixing allegations were left hanging in the air after a judge refused to make incriminating evidence available to the Spanish FA.

Racing Santander can expect a difficult season after losing Canales to Madrid, while the writing is on the wall for a Deportivo la Coruna team that struggles to score goals and which suffered a dreadful second half to last year.

Malaga has appointed the experienced Jesualdo Ferreira and made over seven signings in an attempt to avoid last season's suffering, while Almeria should have just enough to ensure finishing above the bottom three.

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