The much-awaited return of Barcelona to the Spotify Camp Nou continues to be shrouded in uncertainty, as deadlines method for each La Liga and the Champions League. The Blaugrana have agreed to play their first three video games of the season away from residence with La Liga, however now have simply 9 days to safe an important licence to reopen the bottom.
The Blaugrana are hoping to safe the licence from Barcelona’s Metropolis Council to reopen Camp Nou with an attendance of 27,000 followers initially, earlier than rising that to 60,000 followers finally through the coming months. Nevertheless Barcelona have suffered one more setback.
Barcelona request recent assembly with Council
To ensure that the Council to grant Barcelona their licence, the Catalan giants are required to submit an finish of building certificates. Nevertheless RAC1 have revealed that the membership have requested a recent assembly with the Council to rearrange a brand new date to ship that certificates, after conceding they’d not have it as we speak, as had initially been projected. Their info is that the certificates won’t arrive earlier than the top of the month, however their plan remains to be to host Barcelona’s residence match in opposition to Valencia on the 14th of September.
Safety points behind delay
The resason is that the areas pertaining to the Tribune and the South Aim stands have been discovered to have deficiencies relating to the safety of the stadium, which might forestall knowledgeable match being held on the floor. Different areas of the bottom additionally want additional enchancment.
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UEFA deadline quick approaching
It locations additional doubt on Barcelona’s capability to host Champions League video games at Camp Nou. The membership have till the twenty eighth of August to speak to UEFA whether or not they can host video games there below UEFA situations, when the draw is made. If they can’t acquire the Council licence earlier than that date, they could be compelled to maneuver again to Montjuic for European clashes, a significant monetary setback for the Blaugrana.