Sources: Madrid to get trophy behind closed doors

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(1:29) Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 7, 2024, 06:37 AM ET REACTIONS Real Madrid will receive the LaLiga trophy in a behind-closed-doors ceremony at the club's Valdebebas training ground on Sunday, sources have confirmed to ESPN.
The Spanish football federation [RFEF] -- which is responsible for the league trophy -- had initially planned to hand over the trophy at Madrid's next game, away at Granada's Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium on Saturday.
Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) - Marcotti recaps the wekeend: What Real Madrid's LaLiga title means However, Madrid were reluctant for the ceremony to take place away from home, after a game which could mathematically seal hosts Granada's relegation from the first division, and rejected that proposal.
Sources said that instead, the trophy would be handed over by RFEF president Pedro Rocha to Madrid's players, staff and president Florentino Pérez in a private event at Real Madrid City on the morning of May 12.