Inside 14,591-seater third tier stadium that could host El Clasico as desperate Barcelona seek venue to face Real Madrid

BARCELONA could play the last 2 games of their La Liga play successful a THIRD DIVISION stadium.

The club's billion-pound enlargement of their iconic Nou Camp location - which volition go a 105,000-seater crushed - was acceptable to beryllium completed successful February.

But it was precocious announced the works connected the Catalan colosseum won't beryllium finished until MAY astatine the earliest.

Barca person been playing their location matches astatine the Estadi Lluis Companys but could beryllium forced to play elsewhere if the Rolling Stones seal a instrumentality to the venue.

The Catalans are acceptable to invited bitter rivals Real Madrid and Villarreal to the Nou Camp successful their last matches of the season.

But they've been handed a imaginable lifeline by 3rd part broadside Gimnastic de Tarragona.

The Primera Federacion broadside person offered the La Liga giants usage of their 14,591 capableness Nou Estadi Costa Daurada stadium for the last games of their home campaign.

Nastic president Lluis Fabregas told Diari de Tarragona: "Nastic could springiness up its facilities astatine the Nou Estadi for this match."

Barca, however, volition beryllium hoping they won't person to marque usage of the 3rd tier side's home.

The nine are reportedly connected the verge of striking an statement with the section assembly to licence 24/7 works to the crushed implicit the coming months.

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Barca president Joan Laporta precocious moved to quell concerns astir the club's instrumentality to the Nou Camp, saying: "[It] volition beryllium arsenic soon arsenic imaginable erstwhile possible."

During an quality on RAC 1, vice-president Elena Fort said: "[The] instrumentality volition beryllium earlier the extremity of this season."

Barcelona volition beryllium backmost successful enactment connected Sunday afternoon, hosting relegation battlers Alaves.