FC Barcelona vs Celta, Copa del Rey 2nd Leg Preview

All to play for Barca in the second leg of the Copa del Rey tie between FC Barcelona and Celta de Vigo. With the first leg ending 1-1 and Celta's recent history against Barca, this leg will take the priority over weekend's La Liga fixture.

For Erneste Valverde, Barca's second leg tie against Celta will take the highest priority over the weekend's travel to Estadio Municipal de Anoeta to take on Real Sociedad. That's the good thing about having a nine point lead over the second placed team in the league; you could prioritize matches. In the league we will get chances to rectify poor results because of the lead. But in the cup we are more or less in a must win match. Technically we need a goalless draw to proceed but that kind of attitude will spell danger. So we should go for the win; anyways we always do!

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FC Barcelona signs Defender Yerry Mina

FC Barcelona has agreed on a deal to sign Colombian Defender Yerry Mina from Palmeiras for €11 Million Euros. He is expected to have his medical at Barca this week.

FC Barcelona has agreed on a deal to sign Colombian Defender Yerry Mina from Palmeiras for €11 Million Euros. He is expected to have his medical at Barca this week and complete the signing formalities with the club. His signing paves way for Javier Mascherano's exit from the club. The Argentine is expected to leave for China this summer. Everyone was expecting Barca to sign Yerry Mina, but it appears that the club believe Manchester City and Real Madrid could inflate the summer transfer window and the player's price could go up further.

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5 Barca Youngsters who will Move Away from Camp Nou this Summer | Barca Transfer Analysis

With Barca capturing Philippe Coutinho at a record £142 Million Pounds, the future of many promising Barca youngsters and fringe players are at stake. There could be an exodus of players come this summer inorder to balance the book at FC Barcelona.

With the conclusion of Coutinho deal there is expected to be a substantial number of clear-out at Barca come this summer. There are some senior players along with young players who will be either forced or will prefer to mve out of Camp Nou. Of the senior players Mascherano is expected to move to China as he is very much near the end of his career (then looking at Paulinho situation it may be too early to say), Aleix Vidal is another player who is expected to move out even though I wouldn't be very much surprised if the club decides to retain. He could be still a good squad player, one who could play in multiple role. That may be sometimes under-appreciated, but still would have an heavy impact in keeping the squad fresh for bigger matches.

Here in this article we take a look at the five youngsters of Barca who could be making a move away from Camp Nou as Coutinho arroval seriously threatens their chances:

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