Barcelona demolishes the walls of the Camp Nou in a new and impressive video

Barcelona fans are forgiven for tearing up after stunning images surfaced of their Camp Nou home being demolished into rubble.

The Spanish champions are moving ahead with speed as part of their bold redevelopment plans, with cranes toppling the stand structures just six weeks after their last game.

The £1.25bn redevelopment of Barcelona, ​​which has had 250 workers on site in recent weeks with more expected soon, is continuing with the hope that it will be ready to open fully for the 2025-26 season.

But the images of the stands reduced to rubble left many fans with mixed emotions.

One fan tweeted that it made him “cry” while another football fan wrote: “How to ruin one of the most iconic stadiums.”

Cranes are busy tearing down the stadium’s historic structure as they continue the redevelopment

The club announced in July 2022 that it would leave its historic ground and play the 2023-24 campaign at the Olympic Stadium amid construction works.

The Olympic Stadium, which hosted the 1992 Summer Games, is a short drive from the city, so it shouldn’t cause too many problems for Xavi’s team.

However, the speed of the destruction is a sign that Barcelona is in no mood to wait as it steps into a bold new era, with the iconic arena set to see its capacity increase from 99,354 seats to 105,000.

The renovation will include the addition of a roof and the official name change of the stadium to ‘Spotify Nou Camp’ as part of its sponsorship with the music streaming platform.

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Club president Joan Laporta recently donned a helmet to visit the site himself and left enthusiastic about the work done so far.

He said, according to the Spanish media: ‘The first sensation it generates is nostalgia.

“But, after walking around and seeing the rhythm of the works, which are going well, it gives you a feeling of hope and joy because we are fulfilling a collective dream of the people of Barcelona.”

Barcelona’s finances have been under scrutiny for years, with the club hit harder than anyone by the halt in football tourism during the Covid pandemic.

Barcelona’s £1.25bn redevelopment has had 250 workers busy on site in recent weeks

Eager to recoup losses during the pandemic, Barcelona is exploring a multitude of ways to generate more income.

As a result, they are reportedly preparing to launch a new exclusive jewelry line in which the club will create their own diamonds using grass from the Camp Nou pitch.

TOaccording Sports worldthe club is planning extraordinarily to use grass from last season’s field to sustainably create the range of brilliant gems in a carbonization process that will produce the real diamonds in just one week.

The jewelery collection will be called Etern Spotify Nou Camp 1957, a nod to the time when the massive stadium was built.

It has been claimed that they plan to make pins, bracelets, cufflinks, rings, necklaces, badges and brooches using the diamonds, with 1957 jewelery on a 7,000 square meter field.

The reform will include a cover and the name change to ‘Spotify Nou Camp’

They will play their 2023-24 campaign at the Olympic Stadium in the middle of the works

Fifty-seven one-carat diamonds are ready to be cut, with the one-carat price set to set bidders back just over £12,000. The club also expects to make around £25m each year from the process.

The gems will undoubtedly be in high demand considering the historical value and uniqueness of the items.

It comes as they agreed a sponsorship deal with Phillips last month that could help them free up more funds to make new signings in the summer transfer window.

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