Tomorrow evening, FC Barcelona will challenge Club Bruges in Belgium for the 4th day of the championship phase of the Champions League. Then, the Blaugrana will return to Camp Nou. In fact, the Culés announced the news in a press release. “The FC Barcelona men’s first football team will officially return to the Spotify Camp Nou on Friday, November 7, to carry out training open to the public in front of the Blaugranas supporters. » An event, because it has been almost two years since the club and its supporters last set foot there.
A dark affair that causes a scandal
On Friday, 23,000 people will be able to access the legendary Barça enclosure, in accordance with the permit granted by Barcelona city hall. For almost two years, the Catalan club has launched a vast renovation project to offer a second youth to the Camp Nou and accommodate 105,000 spectators. But the delays have been accumulating for months, causing the Spanish team to lose a lot of money. After having repeatedly postponed its return, the club, which has invested around 1.5 billion euros, is now reaching its goal.
But the troubles are not over for Joan Laporta and Barça. This Tuesday, A.S. reveals a dark affair linked to the Camp Nou. Thus, the Spanish media explains that dozens of workers participated today in a demonstration organized by the CCOO union in front of the stadium. The reason? They demonstrated against the dismissal and possible expulsion of nearly 50 employees present on the stadium construction site. The latter, especially from Turkey, find themselves in an irregular administrative situation.
Barça does not respond to accusations
Questioned by the agency EFECarlos del Barrio, responsible for CCOO Habitat union action in Catalonia, said: “some of them have been working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, for over a year. These are “undocumented” workers. They are fired with the aim of sending them back to their country of origin. As soon as they set foot on Turkish territory, their ability to defend themselves will be diminished. » A.S. complete by specifying that the CCOO union ensures that the companies Ekstreme Works and Limak “intend to send them back to their country without any guarantee. »
But employees want their salaries to be regularized and to be registered with Social Security. Furthermore, they want “the government delegation activates the lever provided for by immigration regulations for extraordinary regularization in collaboration with the labor authorities. » Contacted by the union, FC Barcelona remained silent and did not respond. The affair, which caused a scandal, was brought before the Labor Inspectorate. A new thorn in the side of the Culés…
