With quite good performance, this season Real Madrid managed to become the top of the LaLiga standings for a while. Maybe Real Madrid will most likely become La Liga champions this season. Therefore, it can be concluded that Real Madrid is performing quite well this season. Meanwhile, Barcelona has indeed experienced a decline in performance this season. This is different from last season, which managed to top the LaLiga standings. So the competition between Real Madrid and Barcelona (El Classico) this season looks like Real Madrid will win.
They had to stay behind Girona many weeks but with their improved performances, good stability and decreasing performances of Girona, they took over the first position and now has good differences against both Barcelona and Girona.
With rest matches of season, Real Madrid will not likely to lose their advantage and lose La Liga title to either Barcelona or Girona. I also don't believe Barcelona and Girona will play well and nearly perfect enough to take over the first position even Real Madrid drop some points.
Apart from that, if for example the rumors that Mbappe will join Real Madrid come true, I think Real Madrid will be even stronger next season. However, this is still just a rumor, so there is no clear certainty regarding this matter. Even though Mbappe really wants to join Real Madrid, he cannot provide certainty. But on one of the news sites I read that Mbappe will provide this certainty before EURO 2024.
The rumor started some years ago and now I feel boring when reading rumor about Mbappe and Real Madrid. Let it be and if the player comes, he will come and we will have a big ceremony for him at Bernabeu stadium.
Soon we will know about it after Euro 2024 or even before the tournament if Mbappe wants to finalize it before a big and important tournament with his national team.