The Camp Nou must be ready by August 28 for FC Barcelona to play the Champions League there. The Blaugrana team wants to receive a certificate of completion on Monday so that permits can be obtained in time.

Deadline: August 28

According to Mundo Deportivo, by 28 August at the latest, Barça must inform UEFA at which venue they will play the league phase of the Champions League. On that day, the draw for the rivals will take place and the European federation must know the venue where Hansi Flick's team will play all four home matches of the first leg of the competition.

The Catalan pride therefore has just 10 days to complete the works and obtain all the necessary permits. The first step towards this will be the Certificate of Completion of Works. This document will confirm that the Tribuna and Gol Sur sectors are ready to receive 27,000 fans, as this will be the capacity of Camp Nou until the Lateral and Gol Nord sectors are also completed.

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First step on Monday

In order to obtain the certificate, the signatures of the club, the contractor, the construction supervisor and the supervisor of the execution of the works are needed. According to MD, Barça wanted to sign the document last week, but they didn't make it in time. The new deadline for signing the certificate - and, therefore, for completing the work on the Tribuna and Gol Sur sectors - is therefore Monday.

The signed document will then go to the Barcelona authorities and the company DEKRA, which will verify on behalf of the city council that Tribuna and Gol Sur are indeed fit for use. Only then will Barça receive a Licence of First Use, which will allow it to hold matches at the facility.

However, if FC Barcelona do not submit the Certificate of Completion of Works in time or the authorities refuse to grant approvals, the club authorities will have to decide where the team will play the Champions League league phase (which will last until January) and the first La Liga matches. The venues in question are Montjuïc, RCDE Stadium and Estadi Johan Cruyff. For Barça each of these options is worse than the previous one - President Joan Laporta promised that they would not return to Montjuic; RCDE Stadium is the home of Espanyol, Barca's eternal rivals; and Estadi Johan Cruyff is the second team’s venue and has just 6,000 seats.