Camp Nou has missed many return dates, even as soon as it entered the 2025-2026 season, many items were still not completed. However, the team's leadership still has a plan to return right from the annual Joan Gamper friendly trophy in August. After that, Barca will play all their away matches in the early stages of La Liga, thereby hoping that Camp Nou can return to 100% capacity.
Barca have ended their contract with Lluis Companys and are quickly returning to Camp Nou. In the coming time, the team will both play and adapt. The Cules are the same, they cannot immediately demand to fully enjoy the services of the new Camp Nou. However, after many surveys, Barca fans are very sympathetic and always turn to the club.
From now on, the question of what shape Camp Nou will be in August has been repeatedly raised. The Joan Gamper annual friendlies tournament will kick off on August 10. The capacity of the new stadium was about 100,000 people, but at that time, it could only accommodate about 25,000 people.
However, according to Barcelona Vice Principal - Laia Bonet, the licensing procedures have not yet been completed. Ms. Bonet shared that if based on the current progress, it will not be until the summer of 2026 that Camp Nou will be 100% complete.
The contractor for the Camp Nou renovation project is Limak. The company had a deal to bring Camp Nou back in November 2024 but it has not yet been completed. It is unclear whether Barcelona will sign Limak. According to Barca Vice President Elena Fort, if there is any penalty, it will be issued after Camp Nou is completed in 2026.
In the worst case scenario, when Camp Nou cannot return on time to host the Joan Gamper friendly cup, Barca having to play this tournament at Johan Cruyff practice ground is a possible prospect. Johan Cruyff Stadium has a capacity of about 6,000 seats, is where the Barca women's team often plays and is reserved for the men's reserve team.
Elena fort revealed that next week will be the decisive time for Camp Nou to organize the Joan Gamper Cup in time.
Barca are trying to speed up the rebuilding of Camp Nou as soon as possible. The reason is that they are in a financial situation. The team's accounting balance board is like a circus actor with a balance performance on the line. One typical example is the club's salary fund surpassing the La Liga ceiling. Therefore, the Blaugrana cannot buy more players if they do not sell less. This is also part of the reason they failed in the buy-up of Nico Williams from Athletic Bilbao.
Selling the VIP row of Camp Nou will help the team earn about 100 million Euros, thereby temporarily making it easier to breathe in financial work. However, this is only a temporary solution because if they do not run the remaining capacity, each round, each match that passes in the 2025-2026 season, Barca will suffer a huge loss.
