The 2025-26 season starts in just over two weeks, but Barcelona still does not know if they will be in the Spotify Camp Nou for their opening house of the campaign, which is planned against Valencia in mid-September.
Barcelona hopes to return to the iconic stadium for that match, but at the moment it is far from certain that this will be the case. They were in a return for the Joan Gamper trophy, which takes place a week before the new season starts, but they were forced to delete those plans.
In the event that Barcelona Valencia in the Spotify Camp cannot come across, it has been reported that they have drawn up the Estadi Johan Cruyff as a back -uplocation. However, they will not be able to play here, according to MD.
La Liga rules state that a match can only be played in a stadium of category 1 or category 2, while the Estadi John Cruyff is a category 3. It only has a capacity of 6000, and although extra seats can be added, Barcelona has no plans to do this.
When it comes to Bloom that Barcelona cannot play against Valencia in the Spotify Camp Nou, the plan for a return to the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Company – where the first team has played in the past two years. The match, which will be played on 14 or 15 September, should be able to play there, even though a Malone concert post was planned earlier that week.
The entire debacle with the Spotify Camp Nou has been a very bad look for all involved. Barcelona had hoped to be back in November 2024, but now they are chances that their return will be delayed with a total of 11 months – which is a disaster in view of their current financial climate.