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FC Barcelona has been arguably the busiest club in the transfer market from a past couple of seasons. The Blaugrana club has stolen the headlines of the show numerous times for investing the behemoth amount of money in the past couple of transfer windows and, for departures of some of the high profile players as well.
Currently, the Catalonia outfit sits at the top of La Liga table and are 10 points clear of second-placed Atletico Madrid. Barcelona knocked French club Lyon out of Champions League to qualify for the quarters and are drawn to play against Manchester United.
Despite the remarkable run so far, some of the players in Barcelona's squad are going through contrasting fortunes and are having a quite difficult season. Apparently, it has resulted in heavy transfer speculation mounting around them and their Barcelona career may come to an end this summer.
Moreover, contracts of some players run out at the cessation of this campaign which intends they could be all set to depart Catalonia and have already come under the radars of some of the European clubs around.
On this note, let us take a look at five players who could part ways with Barcelona in the upcoming summer transfer window.
#5 Thomas Vermaelen
Barcelona signed Thomas Vermaelen from Arsenal for €19 million in the summer transfer window 2014. However, his Barcelona move hasn't worked out that well for both the club and the player.
The Belgian's Blaugrana career has been derailed by unfortunate injuries and has made just 25 appearances in La Liga in his five-year reign at the Camp Nou. However, the veteran center back is back from the injury is enjoying some game time this season.
But, it looks highly unlikely that he will be the long term first team prospect as Barcelona has a plethora of talented defenders at the moment. Moreover, his contract is set to expire at the end of the 2018-19 campaign and he may part ways with Barcelona in the coming transfer window.
#4 Ivan Rakitic
Barcelona's seasoned midfielder Ivan Rakitic has been the subject of transfer speculation in the recent past and has attracted the interest of European heavyweights likes of Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.
The 30-year-old uplifted a pivotal role in Barcelona's title triumph last year and still remains to be the key figure in Catalans' XI.
But, Barcelona's latest swoop for propitious midfield cameo Frankie De Jong has cast serious doubts over his future. It may see him losing his place in Barcelona's squad and in order to avoid it, he may agree to join one of the clubs interested in him.
#3 Malcolm
Barcelona broke their bank to the extent of €41 million to avail the services of Brazillian forward Malcolm at the eleventh hour to defeat AS Roma. But, he has spent most of his days on the sidelines and hasn't been able to showcase his potential.
Malcolm does boast a unique attacking skillset and still being 21, he remains a good attacking option to swoop for in the transfer window.
A lack of substantial game time at Barcelona has sparked transfer rumors to come along his way and reports state that Inter Milan and Arsenal are preparing an offer for him. However, Barcelona is reported to be reluctant to let him for cheap as they demand €70 million for him.
#2 Rafinha
Rafinha returned to Barcelona last summer from a loan spell at Inter Milan and was tipped to get substantial game time at Camp Nou. At the start, he did get it but then he dealt with an unfortunate injury and he is now sidelined for the remainder of the 2018-19 campaign.
With much-added competition at his position and no guarantee of play time may see Rafinha departing Catalonia in the upcoming summer transfer window.
Still being 25, Rafinha may have a lot more to offer and a move away from Barcelona could result in a revival of his career.
#1 Philippe Coutinho
So far not so good for former Liverpool man at Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho left Anfield to complete his dream Barcelona move back in the January transfer window of 2018 for a whopping fee of 142 million.
The Brazillian had shown the world what he can offer when he was at top of his form at Liverpool and had emerged as one of the best playmakers in the world.
But in Barcelona, it is a different story. The 25-year-old attacking midfielder has struggled for regular starts and hasn't picked up the form which he had when he was at the red half of Merseyside. He hasn't been as influential as many have thought and speculation about his departure from Barcelona has already begun.
Reports have emerged that the player himself is considering Blaugrana exit and Manchester United appear to be the side interested in him.
