Real Madrid and Barcelona will still be two strongest competitors for La Liga title and they will compete directly to take the trophy. Real Madrid will focus more on La Liga after losing it to Barcelona in the past season because of so much concentration for Champions League as well as impacts from World Cup 2022 in the last winter. Before the break by World Cup 2022, Real Madrid and Barcelona were very closely with each other on La Liga ranking table. After that tournament, Real Madrid had bad streak and quickly gave up their race with Barcelona.
Maybe Barcelona will focus more on Champions League as they failed early in the last season and it will be good chance for Real Madrid as they still have good quality squad. If Xavi and Barcelona won't be carefull and give enough resource for La Liga, they will lose the crown to Real Madrid.
Those two clubs have been the most dominant in the league of the years and their el clasico viraly match have been very interesting and one of the things that's attracted viewers to the league, they've both produced the world best players in old and recent times and the league even made the rivalry of the famous G.O.A.T.S Messi and Ronaldo very interesting for fans to talk about, these two clubs are the strongest in the league and it might take a while before other clubs attain dominance in the league, according to their past record in the el clasico Barcelona have won more times with 124 wins and Realmadrid 106 with 64 draws for both.
About last season Barcelona dominated the league leaving Realmadrid to challenge better in the Champions League though Realmadrid lost in the finals against Manchester City, but I think they look different this season and with a better squad and more enhanced midfield therefore would be very dominant in both league and champions league this season