Madrid: Troubled Spanish football giants Barcelona are keen to offload no less than 14 players this summer.

According to Saturday's edition of Sport, club president Joan Laporta and incoming coach Josep Guardiola are determined to have a "massive cleanout" in the fractious Barca dressing room, after two seasons without a trophy.

Laporta and Guardiola will consult with former Barca player and coach Johan Cruyff, the man who recommended that Guardiola be brought in to replace Frank Rijkaard, despite all opinion polls suggesting that the fans would prefer Jose Mourinho.

The highest that Barca can finish this season in Spanish La Liga is third. They are seven points behind second-placed Villarreal with just two games left and 17 points behind champions Real Madrid.

On Sunday Rijkaard and several players, though not the mysteriously injured Ronaldinho, will say goodbye to the Camp Nou in the otherwise meaningless home game against Mallorca.

On the list of unwanted players are reserve goalkeepers Jose Manuel Pinto and Albert Jorquera.

Defenders Oleguer Presas, Gianluca Zambrotta, Lilian Thuram, Rafa Marquez, Jose Edmilson and Sylvinho are all on the hit list.

Source : IANS