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Barcelona to replace Carlos Puyol in summer

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says that the club will sign a new centre-back and goalkeeper in the summer.

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has revealed that the Spanish champions will sign a new centre-back in the summer.

The Catalan outfit will be a defender light at the end of the season following Carlos Puyol's decision to depart and seek pastures new.

However, Bartomeu has claimed that a new centre-back will arrive ahead of the 2014-15 season, in addition to a new goalkeeper, with Victor Valdes also due to depart.

"There are no central defenders at the club that can replace Puyol," Bartomeu told TV3.

"So we will look. [There will be two signings] - a centre-back and a goalkeeper."

Puyol has been in the Barca first team for 14 years.

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Carlos Puyol of Barcelona in action during the UEFA Champions League Group H match between Ajax Amsterdam and FC Barcelona at Amsterdam Arena on November 26, 2013
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