The Spanish football league and the players' union have agreed a deal over unpaid wages that will allow the La Liga season to begin this weekend, the league president said on Thursday.

Last weekend's first round of matches in the top two divisions was postponed as the two sides haggled over the value of a fund to cover unpaid player salaries at clubs who are struggling financially or have gone into administration.

Meanhwhile, Italy's Serie A, which is due to get underway this weekend, is still facing a strike threat after players and club bosses failed to agree over a new collective bargaining deal.

"The Serie A clubs voted 18 to two against an agreement with the AIC (the players' union)," said Maurizio Beretta, the president of LEGA, the union for Serie A clubs.