The next edition of the Joan Gamper trophu is surrounded by huge unknowns. Today, the only clear thing in the sports direction of FC Barcelona is the ideal date for dispute shortly before the start of the 2025-26 League. The rival and, above all, the scenario that must house the presentation of Hansi Flick's team before his hobby, are still pending concretion.
Only a few days ago, Barça confirmed the friendly match against Visel Kobe that must be framed in the development of the preseason tour of Asian lands. And little by little, the Barca club must specify the competition calendar that starts the 2025-26 campaign. In those clashes prior to the league, the classic start of the team always stands out above the rest on the occasion of the celebration of the Joan Gamper Trophu.
But the Joan Gamper 2025-26 is a sea of doubts. The only thing true today is that sports management has asked to be held on the weekend of August 9-10. And, if possible, to be Sunday 10. It would be the last test for Flick's team before the first day of the League that would start just a week later.
Scenario to be defined
Hansi Flick, in the press room of Sant Joan Despi. / efe
The main handicap is to know where this edition of the Joan Gamper will be played. From the club it insists that the ideal scenario would be none other than the Spotify Camp Nou. The works continue its course and, although there is still almost three months ahead, it seems complicated that the field is in conditions and with all the relevant permits to house a match of the magnitude of the Barca trophy.
The problem is that beyond the Camp Nou a first -class alternative is not contemplated with the capacity to host Barça's presentation before his hobby. The Olimpic Lluís Companys Estadi that weekend is blocked on the occasion of the concert that on August 9 celebrates the Korean Blackpink group.
It is true that in the past, on the occasion of the pandemic, the trophy was crazy to the sportive Ciutat, something very unlikely on these dates. The calendar could also be altered and Closing the Joan Gamper for a few weeks, although the competition is very demanding and facing it during a break of selections is not intuited as an optimal solution either.
At the moment, sources consulted by Sport, have limited themselves to pointing out that Barça handles the date of August 10 as the priority for the Joan Gamper trophies of this summer. The rival and the stage are not yet defined.
