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A trip to Southampton is never a wasted trip.

Any port that boasts the SeaCity museum - complete with its interactive model of the Titanic - could never disappoint visitors.

But Barcelona scouts may have felt that their 1300-mile round trip was not as fruitful as hoped when the target they had flown in to see, Cedric Soares, didn't even

The Portugal full-back, who won Euro 2016 this summer, was left out of the Saints squad and watched on from the stands just like the Barca delegates who were searching for the Nou Camp club's new right-back.

Luis Enrique has ordered sporting director Robert Fernandez to find him a new defender to replace outcast Aleix Vidal.

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Vidal, 27, signed for Barca in the summer of 2015 but couldn't make his debut until January owing to the transfer ban put in place by Fifa.

Once registered though, the former winger failed to have the same impact as he'd had in Unai Emery's Sevilla sides and was quickly surpassed as Dani Alves' back-up by midfielder Sergi Roberto - who was promoted to the starting role his season.

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Vidal has started just one game this season, the shock 2-1 defeat at home to Alaves, and hasn't played a minute since.

In the 12 Barcelona games since he last set foot on the field, Vidal hasn't even made the matchday squad for 11.

Other names being considered by Barca, according to the front page of SPORT , are Valencia defender Joao Cancelo and Paris Saint-Germain's Serge Aurier.