Barcelona president insists Camp Nou ready for reopening – ‘Ball is in City Council’s court’

In an interview on RAC1 (h/t Mundo Deportivo), FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta said that this afternoon, the Barcelona Metropolis Council should resolve whether or not to grant authorisation for subsequent Sunday’s match vs Actual Sociedad to be performed on the Spotify Camp Nou.

The return to the Spotify Camp Nou is at a vital stage, and the matter is a prime precedence for the membership and its president.

Laporta returned at 5 within the morning from Paris along with the complete Barça delegation. The occasion, led by him, attended the Ballon d’Or Gala, which noticed Aitana Bonmatí topped and Barça’s younger star Lamine Yamal end in second place.

Following that, he granted the interview, throughout which Laporta referred to the eagerly awaited reopening of the stadium.

Barcelona hope to safe the First Occupancy Licence right this moment with a purpose to host Actual Sociedad on Sunday on the Spotify Camp Nou with 27,000 members current, as foreseen within the first section of the return. This section would open the Tribune and South Aim areas.

In response to Laporta: “The ball is now within the Metropolis Council’s courtroom.”

“We’ve got a number of choices,” stated the president. “We’ve got offered the Ultimate Building Certificates and the certificates from Dekra, the physique that should assess security. We even have the fireplace brigade’s report, the environmental evaluation… every little thing is constructive.”

Persevering with, he stated: “The ball is within the Metropolis Council’s courtroom. We want the licence for sporting and financial causes. At the moment, the press will go to the services. We don’t need errors, and we now have complied.”

Revealing that the stadium had acquired approval from La Liga and UEFA, Laporta added: “La Liga and UEFA have stated the stadium is match to host matches. At the moment at 4 within the afternoon, the Metropolis Council will maintain one other assessment, and we’re ready.”

If the council doesn’t grant the licence, the primary group would play the sixth matchday of LaLiga on the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, he confirmed.

“The place will we play on Sunday? We’ll resolve primarily based on what they inform us. We want the First Occupancy Licence right this moment, but when we don’t get it, then we are going to resolve whether or not to play on the Estadi Olímpic or on the Johan Cruyff,” stated Laporta.

“The whole lot factors to the Lluís Companys, the place we may even play the Champions League match towards PSG.”

Concluding, Laporta reiterated: “We wish to return to the Camp Nou as quickly as potential and as quickly as we are able to. We want the First Occupancy Licence.”