Barcelona Could Return To Camp Nou As Early As Next Week—report

After seemingly unending delays, Barcelona could make their overmuch anticipated return to nan Camp Nou adjacent week successful a training convention that will beryllium unfastened to nan public.

Nov. 7 has been signaled arsenic nan likelist day for nan training convention to happen, per various reports. Barcelona could train astatine their belief location 2 days earlier making nan travel to look Celta Vigo successful their last lucifer earlier nan November world break.

The thought to clasp an unfastened training convention astatine Camp Nou came from Barcelona’s City Council, per AS. A training convention pinch fans successful attendance would let inspectors to measure nan logistics of nan renovated stadium, fundamentally arsenic a proceedings tally for really it would look for illustration during a matchday.

If nan proceedings is simply a success, it could spell a agelong measurement to expedite nan process of Barcelona getting nan licence to big complete 45,000 fans astatine Camp Nou, which is nan only point separating nan Catalans from returning to their iconic stadium.

Although nan nine still hasn’t officially announced plans to behaviour nan session, nan cognition is reportedly ongoing and much accusation could aboveground successful nan coming days.

Jordi Alba (left) and Sergio Busquets (right) played their last crippled for Barcelona nan past clip a lucifer was played astatine Camp Nou. / Pau Barren/AFP/Getty Images

Theoretically, Barcelona could person already returned to play games astatine Camp Nou since mid-October.

The Catalans were granted a Phase 1A licence by nan metropolis assembly that allows them to big adjacent to 26,000 fans for matches astatine nan Camp Nou. But nan nine opted against a return, alternatively staying put astatine nan Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys wherever they tin big complete double nan magnitude of supporters.

Barcelona’s scheme is to hold until they’re granted nan Phase 1B licence that would spot Camp Nou’s capacity scope complete 45,000. Should it each spell according to plan, nan purpose is to get that greenish ray during nan upcoming world break.

If adjacent week’s trial goes smoothly, past Barcelona’s dream of hosting their Nov. 22 La Liga conflict against Athletic Club astatine Camp Nou mightiness go a reality.

If it happens, nan lucifer against Athletic Club would return spot precisely 909 days since nan past clip Barcelona played a crippled astatine nan stadium.

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