More and more details are emerging about what the Joan Gamper Trophy of this year 2025 will be like. An edition that is expected to return to the Spotify Camp Nou, after two years of absence, after the previous editions (2022/23 against Tottenham and 2023/24 against AS Monaco) were played in Montjuïc due to the remodeling works that are being carried out in the great Azulgrana home.
However, the current forecast is that FC Barcelona can play the Joan Gamper Trophy again in its usual stadium. That would be an important contact test to determine if the culé house is fit enough to host the first commitments of the 2025/26 season.
At least that's what Joan Laporta implied in one of his most recent appearances before the media, in which he admitted that "the will is to do an important test before the start of LaLiga, and we believe that the Gamper would be the best of the tests to see how the field responds, the accesses...". He also made it clear that the Spotify Camp Nou is not expected to see official action until mid-September, when it is estimated that the stadium, already with the progress of the reforms, will be suitable to host matches and have all the necessary permits for it.
The Gamper: The acid test for the new Spotify Camp Nou?
However, apparently this pilot test that Barcelona wants to do at the Spotify Camp Nou will go 'all out'. Even, according to Catalunya Ràdio, it is expected that, if the Azulgrana team finally decides to play the Joan Gamper Trophy - agreed to be held between August 9 and 10, and with a rival yet to be confirmed, although many point to Cesc Fàbregas' Como 1907 - the event could be held before about 25,000 spectators, minimum.
A smaller amount compared to the capacity of 60,000 spectators with which the stadium is expected to open in this first phase, but which would work as a good pilot test to evaluate the conditions of the venue. In addition to all the relevant details that cannot be overlooked in view of the definitive return to the Camp Nou.
Montjuïc, ruled out: a concert prevents playing the Gamper there
Will it be effective? We'll have to see. For now, the idea is gaining more and more strength, especially if we consider that Barça will not be able to play the 2025 Joan Gamper Trophy in Montjuïc, since a concert by Blackpink, the popular K-pop band, is scheduled for those dates in the old culé stronghold. So that option is ruled out.