Barcelona are struggling to find a venue for their potential Spanish title decider against Real Madrid in May due to a Rolling Stones concert, and are even considering Wembley Stadium as an alternative venue to host the match.
The Barça board will meet on Tuesday to discuss where to play 'El Clásico' given the problems with both its temporary headquarters in the city's Olympic Stadium and its historic Camp Nou, currently under renovation.
The second 'Clásico' of the season is scheduled for May 11 and Barcelona hoped to be back at their renovated Camp Nou 'Spotify' by then. But the €1.5 billion reconstruction project is behind schedule and unlikely to be available.
Barcelona currently plays home games at the city's Olympic Stadium as a temporary venue, but its contract to use it expires at the end of April and any plans to extend it are likely to be thwarted because the venue has other pre-booked events.
The Rolling Stones are due to begin their final European tour at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium in May and preparation for that and other planned concerts would make hosting Real Madrid in the same month hugely problematic.
Real Madrid's visit is Barcelona's penultimate home league game, but if they advance in the Champions League they will also need to find a venue for the semi-final match also scheduled for May.
The league clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona in May could be moved to Wembley Stadium
The Barça board will meet on Tuesday to decide where to play the Clásico at home
The club struggles to find a venue due to the Rolling Stones concert at the Olympic Stadium
If they cannot play at their temporary home, or at the renovated Camp Nou, they will have to look elsewhere and it is understood that an overseas stadium is among the options to be discussed at today's meeting.
With its capacity for 90,000 spectators, its prestige and its place in Barcelona folklore as the stadium where they won their first European Cup in 1992 against Sampdoria, Wembley has become a possible wild card option.
The League and the Spanish Football Federation would welcome any official request from Barcelona to play the match in England. The Spanish League wanted to play what would have been the first domestic match on foreign soil last December, with Barcelona and Atlético Madrid set to transfer to Miami's Hard Rock Stadium in Dallas.
In the end, the involvement of an outside organizer prevented the Spanish Football Federation's support for that December match, but sources close to the federation say they would support this plan.
That would still leave the problem of the game's governing body. FIFA rules state that official league matches must be played within the territory of the respective member association, although La Liga has been encouraged by UEFA president Alexander Ceferin's aspirations to hold a League final. of Champions in the United States for one season.
