They’ve been playing at their reserve team’s stadium for more than a year during stadium renovations, but the Santiago Bernabeu looks a long way off being ready for Real Madrid’s planned return next month.
are set to make their long-awaited homecoming at their famous ground against Celta Vigo on September 12, but judging by the latest pictures of building work around the stadium, ‘s men could be waiting a while longer.
Photos from the Spanish capital show plenty of scaffolding and cranes around the Bernabeu with safety barriers, machinery and workers still dotted around the site.
Building works to Real Madrid’s Bernabeu Stadium still look a long way off from completion
Pictures show one of the stands looking totally unfinished as renovations continue
Workers are seen alongside machinery at the site as they accelerate the project
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Madrid took advantage of fans being banned from games during the Covid pandemic last season as they moved to the Alfredo di Stefano Stadium – where their Castilla reserve team play – in order to complete building work at the Bernabeu.
The team moved to their temporary ground – which has a capacity of 4,000, at the end of the 2019-20 campaign to finish the delayed LaLiga season and stayed there for the entirety of 2020-21.
Fans had been eagerly anticipating their return home, and Madrid start their 2021-22 season with three away games to ensure the works to the Bernabeu could be accelerated to allow fans to return, but the renovations still look some way from being finished.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men are due to face Celta Vigo in less than a month on September 12
Madrid have been playing at their Castilla stadium for more than a year during renovations
The 81,000-seater is not expected to be full renovated until at least the end of 2022, with the development set to cost the club around £693.3million in total.
Last month club president Florentino Perez boasted that the Bernabeu will soon become ‘the most modern and spectacular stadium in the world’.
The new-look ground will feature a retractable roof, utilaje industriale with upgraded comfort and hospitality, technology and security. There will also be new restaurants and shops attached to the stadium.
The club have boasted that they will own the ‘most modern stadium in the world’ when building works are completed by the end of 2022
The capacity will not be increased but the height will be increased by ten metres to accommodate the new roof.
The potential disruption to the new season will be a concern for new boss Ancelotti, whose side began their season with a 4-1 win away at Alaves.
They are next set to travel to Levante on Sunday before their third successive away trip to Real Betis. Madrid bosses will be sweating over the slow progress of building works ahead of the next planned home game against Celta Vigo the following week.
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