Crystal Palace sign Spanish defender Oscar Mingueza on free transfer from Celta Vigo

[p]The 27-year-old has signed a four-year contract at Selhurst Park and becomes new head coach Pierre Sage's first acquisition of the summer transfer window.[/p][p] A graduate of Barcelona's famed La Masia academy, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mingueza-oscar/YkHSwt2b/"]Mingueza[/a] made 66 first-team appearances for the Catalan giants after making his senior debut in 2020.[/p][embed guid="d481f6d6-ace2-48a0-80bc-223b93af7e31" url="https://x.com/CPFC/status/2075241283015041131" social-type="twitter" /][p]He moved to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celta-vigo/8pvUZFhf/"]Celta Vigo[/a] in 2022 and went on to score seven goals and provide 15 assists in 147 appearances for the club. [/p][p]The versatile defender described joining [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Palace[/a] as an honour and expressed excitement about the new challenge. [/p][p]Mingueza has earned four caps for Spain but missed out on this summer's World Cup squad.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow all the latest transfer news here.[/a][/b][/p]