OFFICIAL: El Clasico is POSTPONED over

safety fears amid major protests in Catalonia...

with Barcelona and Real Madrid left to find a
new date for the game by Monday
 The clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid was due to be played
in October
 La Liga fear the huge match will be used as platform for mass
protests in Spain
 Both Barca and Real will need to agree to a new date by 10am on
October 21

The Royal Spanish Football Federation has confirmed the El Clasico has been
postponed.

The huge clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid was due to be played on
October 26.

Both clubs have now been told that they must agree to a new date by 10am on
Monday or the competition committee will determine the date for them.
La Liga feared a match with an estimated global TV audience of 650m viewers
will be used as platform for protests against this week's Spanish Supreme Court
sentencing of nine Catalan separatist leaders to prison terms of between nine and
13 years for their part in a referendum held in defiance of the Spanish Constitution
in 2017 and a subsequent declaration of independence. 

The Spanish league have suggested to the Competition Committee to play the
match on a weekend as opposed to the original suggested date of December 18
which is a Wednesday.

La Liga believe that moving it to midweek would mitigate the global impact of the
match.

Barcelona are due to play Real Mallorca on matchday 16 whilst Real Madrid were
meant to welcome Espanyol. 

La Liga president Javier Tebas would need to meet with Mallorca and Espanyol
chiefs to agree to the proposal. 

Should El Clasico take place on December 7, it will come just two days before
Zidane's side travel to Belgium to play Club Brugge.

Ernesto Valverde's men will travel to Milan to take on Inter on December 10.