Carles Puyol's wise advice for Barça's Yerry Mina

Carles Puyol's wise advice for Barça's Yerry Mina

Puyol aconsejó a Yerry Mina
Puyol aconsejó a Yerry Mina | sport

The former Barcelona defender says Mina need to be patient

Legendary Barcelona captain Carles Puyol had no problem offering advice to Yerry Mina, who is adapting to life at Camp Nou and fighting for first team minutes. 

Puyol, who is on tour with the Champions League trophy in various countries, told Colombia international Mina to have patience. 

"We all have to have a little bit of patience," he said. "[Mina] has never played in Spain before, he's come from Brazil, where the football is a little bit different, although he's shown he has quality. 

"At Barça, for example, there's Samuel Umtiti who is growing every day and very soon will be among the best in the world. He's adapted to Barcelona's style now." 

neymar TO real madrid

On Neymar's potential move to Real Madrid, Puyol added: "I think he could go to Madrid and I don't see any problem with that.

"He's a professional and it's not impossible, but I think he will have difficulties leaving Paris Saint-Germain, because they spent a lot of money on him." 

Puyol, however, added that "speaking of tadition, Barcelona and Madrid are more pwerful than all the other teams. You have to think it through before leaving these clubs. But there are also new rich clubs that are looking for the best players and trying to build great teams." 

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