The Spanish football league will negotiate with the government before deciding whether to call a strike over a proposed change in tax laws.

The LFP held an extraordinary general meeting on Friday to discuss the planned changes which would see foreigners lose their right to drastically reduced tax charges. Club presidents, including Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez and Barcelona counterpart Joan Laporta, have decided to delay any decision until a further extraordinary meeting scheduled for November 19.

LFP president Jose Luis Astiazaran said: "We have decided to be constructive and negotiate with the government.

"We will work with the government so that we can sort out and agree with them all the questions that affect professional football."

David Beckham was one of the first players to benefit from a law which sees foreign players pay 24% tax, compared to the 43% paid by native top earners. Astiazaran believes scrapping it could be detrimental to Spanish football.

"It is not right to change the system for foreigners without consulting with the Liga," he added. "We are not happy with the process adopted by the government to reform the system for foreigners."

Should the reform go through, the clubs would shoulder much of the extra financial burden as they often pay the taxes of their top players.

Gerardo Gonzalez Movilla, president of the players' union, believes it is only right that foreigners should have to pay as much tax as homegrown players.

"We have always argued that players who come to Spain should enjoy the same rights as regards to labour, rules, securities and taxes," he told Telemadrid. "We have promoted equal opportunities but they must also have the same obligations.

"The aim of the law was to bring scientists, professionals of high qualification, but football, as ever, with a very sharp eye, used that loophole."