Barcelona are racing in opposition to time to make their return to the Spotify Camp Nou for his or her first residence match of the 2025-26 season, however as issues stand, taking part in that match in opposition to Valencia at their residence stadium will probably be very tough.
Initially, the plan was for Barcelona to return to the Spotify Camp Nou with a 60,000 capability, however this is not going to be attainable. As a substitute, the house is to play in opposition to Valencia in September with 27,000 followers in attendance, and this might be allowed, on condition that Barcelona Metropolis Council have provisionally agreed to this.
Nevertheless, complete approval would solely come if Barcelona acquired every little thing so as. And at this stage, it’s tough to see this taking place earlier than the Valencia match, which will probably be performed on the thirteenth or 14th of September.
As per RAC1 (by way of Sport), the ECA have not too long ago carried out an environmental report on the Spotify Camp Nou, and their findings have proven that there are a number of anomalies on this part of development.
It’s been revealed that in the course of the take a look at, which was carried out every week in the past, greater than 200 deficiencies had been discovered within the works of the Spotify Camp Nou. And though Barcelona have assured that that is regular, they’re operating out of time to get fixes in place earlier than they face Valencia in simply over a month’s time.
The place will Barcelona play if not the Spotify Camp Nou?
Barcelona are clear that they are going to be taking part in in opposition to Valencia on the Spotify Camp Nou, but when it seems that they can not meet this deadline, the thought is to play the MD4 conflict on the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Montjuic, the place they referred to as their residence in the course of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. There had been rumours of the Estadi Johan Cruyff getting used, however this isn’t attainable as a consequence of La Liga guidelines.