Why May’s El Clasico could end up at Wembley


El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid could be played in a bizarre turn in the last stadium of the season at the Wembley Stadium.

The La Liga game planned for May 11th is Barcelona’s penultimate home game when it ends a second campaign at the Estati Olimpic Lluis Companys.

The stadium, in which Espanyol used to be in the city and the 1992 Olympic Games organized, has been a temporary basis since 2023 due to the renovation work in Camp Nou.

But the Camp Nou project has already overrun its original timeline, with the previous intention that Barcelona would move in at the end of 2024, and all work until June 2026. This was obviously not with the first two games from 2025 played at the Olympic event.

Now comes the problem. The Barcelona Treaty for the Stadium in Montjuic will be running in April, and the Camp Nou will probably not yet be available. However, the expansion of the Lluis Companys is problematic due to the planned events after this time – including Rolling Stones concerts, since the Octogenarian British Rock Band plays two shows on May 10th and 15th to start a European tour.

On May 18, Barcelona also has a home game against Villarreal, which would have to move in motion and, in a similar way, require a plan B if they reached the semi -finals of the Champions League.

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Barcelona’s contract for Lluis Companys ends in April / Alex Caparros / Gettyimages

The Daily Mail Reports that the board met on Tuesday to discuss options, including the opportunity to organize the game on foreign soil. As such, Wembley is considered a “wild card” to enter.

La Liga and Spain’s Football Federation (RFEF) were able to give their blessing after having already held a game in overseas. Barcelona’s collision with Atletico Madrid in December was to be played in Miami before the plans for the participation of third -party providers fell.

While Spanish football is trying to expand its global appeal and bring the Premier League as the most international domestic division in the world, the Supercopa de Espana in 2018 in Morocco and then in Saudi Arabia in every following year -Bar 2021 played.

Wembley has already organized that he was hosting “domestic” sporting events in overseas after she has been organizing NFL games annually since 2007 and at least two a year since 2013.

It would undoubtedly be a great marketing moment for La League, with only pre-season or Supercopa lights between Barcelona and Real Madrid, which were previously held abroad. The orientation of El Clasico or indeed from other Barcelona games in London or somewhere on foreign soil would rule out the majority of ordinary play fans.

The club has already been under fire due to its treatment of supporters, with four fan groups submitting a joint explanation after it was excluded from two home games for unpaid fines last month.

“This is not about fines that we do not want to pay, there is much more in the background. Gradually it is [members] Losing the weight you have historically losing, “said the collective Espai d’Animacio.

“The club removes the atmosphere, fills the stadium with tourists, Mexican waves at 0: 0, ‘Kiss Cams’, a joke of a announcement, indecent prices, the lack of rivalries, the change in colors for marketing purposes and appropriate decisions without transparency or Advice are infinite reasons that show the intentions of the board, and the priority of a business model in which those who are closest to the club damage the club economically and socially. “

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