Barca's win at Celtic cannot hide problems with summer recruits


Britain Football Soccer - Celtic v FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Group C - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland - 23/11/16 Barcelona's Luis Suarez in action against Celtic's Scott Brown and Erik Sviatchenko Reuters / Russell Cheyne Livepic

(Reuters) - Barcelona may have again eased into the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday but their win at Celtic could still not paper over some of the cracks that have developed in a squad recruited at huge expense.

Despite splurging 122 million euros ($128.84 million) on bolstering their ranks in the summer, Barcelona are still overwhelmingly reliant on the same starting 11 in their biggest games, with their expensive new recruits failing to deliver.

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