The works of Camp Nou continue on their way, even if it seems that there is still a long way to go Barcelona I can play there again. However, Joan Laporta remains determined to play a match in his stadium again before the end of the year, even if it is at 60% capacity. Indeed, they want the last match of the league phase of the Champions will be played there, despite the fact that UEFA does not allow the change of stadium during its first phase.
Barcelona considers returning to Camp Nou in about three months. Even though the work is progressing at a good pace, everything seems to indicate that the return to the stadium is still far away, since it is under construction, with no real possibility that it will be able to return at that time.
The club wants to play against Atalanta, January 29, a date on which it seems that it will be impossible for them to move to the renovated Camp Nou. Added to this is the impediment of UEFA, which does not allow the change of stadium during the same phase of the maximum continental competition, except for very justified exceptions. Something that is not the case.
In its article 25.08 of the regulation of the Champions League 2024-2025UEFA is very clear about playing home games in different stadiums: “In the group stage, a club must, in principle, play all its matches in the competition in the same stadium. Furthermore, any change of stadium between the qualifiers and the group stage must be agreed in advance with UEFA.
Therefore, Barça, according to the regulations, must play the four games of the championship phase that it plays at home –Young boy, Bayern Munich, Stade de Brest And Atalanta– at the Olympic Stadium in Montjuic. This would be in view of the qualifying rounds, which would begin at the earliest on February 11 and 12, with the playoffs dispute for access to the round of 16, where they could negotiate with UEFA the change of venue.
Barcelona’s problems with the Camp Nou
Even if the state of the work is what it is and everything indicates that it will be impossible for the Barcelona play in the Camp Nou Not before January, but for the rest of the season, the club maintains the hope of being able to return to its stadium before the end of the year of the 125th anniversary of the founding of the entity. The number of problems that have arisen around the stadium in recent months has continued to increase.
It is worth recalling that the stadium workers denounced labour exploitation and that the Generality revealed that 70% of the companies subcontracted by the Turkish construction company Limak They had irregularities. In addition, the workers worked 16,000 hours of unpaid overtime. Many of them denounced the conditions in which they work, sometimes without a contract, in addition to denouncing unpaid wages.
In addition, residents have filed several complaints with Barcelona City Hall, claiming that the club is violating municipal regulations regarding noise at night. The mayor Collboni Following these complaints, she limited working hours in the stadium premises due to the noise generated after midnight. Restrictions that compromised the deadlines dreamed of by Laporta.
