When Oscar Mingueza left Barça through the back door two years ago to join Celta de Vigo, few observers thought that the Catalans would one day regret it. It must be said that the player’s first two seasons in Galician soil were okay, nothing more. A starting role in a team generally placed in the second half of the table; not enough to break three legs of a duck, some will say.
But this season, the 25-year-old defender has started very strongly. A particularly versatile player, a right-back capable of playing on the left flank but also in the centre of defence, he has had a fantastic start to the 2024/2025 season, with 2 goals and 3 assists in just 4 La Liga games. He has caught the eye of coach Luis de la Fuente, who has called him up for these Nations League matches against Serbia and Switzerland, although he has ultimately not played a single minute in the Roja jersey.
Barca can bring him back for next to nothing
But it is not only the Iberian coach who has been seduced in recent weeks. As indicated World SportsBarça is closely following the development of the player trained at La Masia and launched by Ronald Koeman at the time. The Catalans are considering repatriating him in the near future if he continues like this, or hope to collect a big check, he who left for Vigo for free. However, the Barcelonans retain 50% of the rights, which allows the Blaugranas to pocket half of a future sale.
The player has a release clause of 20 million euros, and the Catalans would therefore pocket 10 million euros if a club were to exercise it. But above all, the newspaper informs us that the club has a buyout option of only 9 million euros, something that had not been made public at the time of the defender’s departure after 19 La Liga games with Barça. To be continued…
