Barcelona have a problem with the Spotify Camp Nou. ‘Jijantes’ detailed that the club will confirm on Friday the cancellation of the Joan Gamper Trophy. Furthermore, ‘RAC1’ added that UEFA doubts that the stadium will be ready in time for the Champions League league phase.
Barcelona are counting down the days until they return home. The Spotify Camp Nou is the icing on the cake of the new era. However, the renovation work is taking time and even the deadlines could be delayed. This directly affects the Joan Gamper Trophy and raises doubts at UEFA.
‘Jijantes’ reported that, on Friday, the organisation will announce that its summer tournament will not be held at the ‘Cules’ stadium. In any case, the staging of Hansi Flick’s 2025-26 project will take place at the Johan Cruyff Stadium with all that this entails. Especially in terms of ticket sales.
More question marks than certainties
The final straw is that Barcelona are not guaranteed to compete in the league phase of the Champions League at the Spotify Camp Nou. ‘RAC1’ revealed that the club presided over by Joan Laporta is optimistic, but the last visit of the mandatory delegation left more question marks than certainties.
The ‘Cules’ are going to ask to play the first matchday of the European competition away, but UEFA does not usually accept this type of request. The next few hours could clear up more equations in this problem for the reigning La Liga champions with their stadium.
It is worth remembering that Barcelona’s intention was to open the Spotify Camp Nou on 10th August against Como in the Joan Gamper Trophy. The problem is that work has not been completed on the basement, as well as on the first and second tiers, not forgetting the accesses to the stadium.
