Barcelona’s return to Spotify Camp Nou postponed until May

Fresh from registering Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, the Barcelona management have another challenge coming their way – returning to Camp Nou as soon as possible.

The club’s initial idea was to return to the old stadium sometime around February or March. But after unprecedented roadblocks, the timeline has been dragged.

Return to Camp Nou in May?

According to a recent report from The Athletic, the process of returning to Camp Nou has been delayed until May at the earliest.

This comes on the back of several development delays and other unforeseen events. Barcelona, therefore, are staring at the possibility of not returning to the old stadium until the last month of the season.

That means the Blaugrana may have to continue at Montjuic for the time being. The club had an agreement with the City Council to play at Montjuic until March 31.

But that has extended into April, with Barcelona hoping against hope that the first phase of development gets completed by that timeframe.

Barcelona’s first home match in May will be against Real Madrid, on the 10th of the month. But to further complicate things, RollingStones have a gig at Montjuic on the same weekend.

Given the several delays, it cannot be entirely discounted that Barcelona may have to play out the full season at Montjuic, though no mention of such a possibility has been mentioned in the report.

Nevertheless, the extended stay at Montjuic could severely impact Barcelona’s finances, as the ticket demand in the Olympic stadium is far less than that of Camp Nou.

The costs of maintaining the stadium and making it match-ready week in and week out are also significantly higher than Camp Nou. As such, the club will only hope to return to the old stadium as soon as possible.