🗞️Today's front pages: Season ends in La Liga with new arrivals
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The sports press highlights Barça's victory over Athletic to close a great season, but there's much more and it's not just about football.
End of the 2024-2025 season in the First Division with Barcelona's victory over Athletic or Levante's return to the First Division once again. However, there's also room for a king who has left his mark.📸 ANDER GILLENEA - AFP or licensors
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