Barcelona’s plan all yr has been to return to Spotify Camp Nou on the earliest with the goal being a homecoming earlier than the tip of the yr.
The preliminary forecast, nonetheless, now seems to have been overly optimistic because the work within the stadium is way from sufficient to facilitate a return.
In truth, Barcelona are already planning their subsequent video games at Montjuic with Camp Nou’s reopening postponed.
As relayed by MARCA in a latest replace, the Catalans won’t return to their main stadium till February at the least.
There may be completely no probability to return earlier than that date as a result of the membership have already begun promoting tickets for Barcelona’s conflict in opposition to Atalanta in Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys which will probably be held on January twenty ninth.
Camp Nou return nonetheless a way away. (Photograph by David Ramos/Getty Photos)
Delay in progress
Barcelona are clear that they’ll solely return to Spotify Camp Nou when they’re positive past doubt that it may well accommodate them completely.
The Blaugrana wish to keep away from managing two venues and thus desire to attend till passable progress has been made.
The perfect-case situation, because it stands, is that the Catalan heavyweights rejoice their homecoming on matchday 22 of La Liga in opposition to Alaves on the primary or second of February.
There are, nonetheless, rumours of a potential delay till March as effectively and the membership are stated to have contacted the authorities at Montjuic over persevering with on the stadium till the tip of March.
It thus stays to be seen when the stadium is lastly prepared for its unveiling, however it’s actually not within the close to future.