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Barcelona vice president Carles Vilarrubi is certain Neymar will extend his stay at the club by signing a new contract. Neymar is under contract with Barca until 2018 but there have been reports that he could leave to join either Manchester City or Manchester United.In January, the Brazil international claimed he would love to play for Pep Guardiola, who will succeed Manuel Pellegrini as Man City manager in the summer, while Neymars father revealed how Manchester United made a £140m bid for the Barcelona forward last summer. Pep Guardiola and Sergio Busquets were together at Barcelona Sky Sports Spanish football expert Guillem Balague said earlier this week that Barca may have to sell one of their star players in the future, but Vilarrubi does not expect Neymar to leave anytime soon.Neymar will renew his contract, he told Radio Catalunya. It will be when he wants, and when the club wants. We are absolutely certain.He is committed to the team and is happy with his team-mates. The club gives him a lot of happiness. Barcelona moved three points clear at the top of La Liga after a hard fought 2-0 win at struggling Levante While Neymar has been reportedly linked with a move away in the media, Sergio Busquets sparked speculation over his future this week by saying that only two people could tempt him away from Barcelona - his wife and Guardiola.However, Vilarrubi added: We are convinced that Sergio will wear the shirt of Barcelona for many years.Also [Marc-Andre] Ter Stegen, Neymar…They are the first to enjoy Barcelona and they show on the pitch their desire to wear the shirt. Fans can sleep at ease with the possibility that Guardiola will take any players; they are very committed. Also See: Enrique: Pep is no threat Zidane: Ronaldo best in world Busquets: Pep could tempt me away Barcelona fixtures Kansas City Royals Store . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. 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Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods.The Detroit Red Wings went looking for a new second-line centre, and found one that has played as a number one quite a bit in recent seasons. Numbers Game breaks down the Red Wings adding Stephen Weiss. The Red Wings Get: C Stephen Weiss. Weiss, 30, is a reliable two-way centre who is coming off a disastrous season in which he was minus-13 in 17 games, scoring only four points, but his season was shortened by wrist surgery. Considering Weiss production in previous seasons -- between 49 and 61 points in each of the previous four seasons -- there is a temptation to write off 2013 as an anomalous lost season due to injury. In Detroit, Weiss fits into the second-line centre spot, a role that seems more natural to his skill set. While he had some productive seasons (back-to-back seasons with at least 60 points in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010) as the number one centre in Florida, Weiss shouldnt be expected to be a top scorer on a playoff team. Initial indications are that the Red Wings will be putting Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk on the Wings number one line, perhaps with newly-signed Daniel Alfredsson (if not Justin Abdelkader, who finished there last season), which would still leave some quality wing options for Weiss, including Johan Franzen, Gustav Nyquist or Todd Bertuzzi. Even if he has strong linemates, its going to be difficuult for Weiss to produce like he did in his peak with Florida because there arent a lot of second-line centres getting 20 minutes of ice time per game.dddddddddddd A reasonable expectation might be somwhere around 45 points, lower than his best years in Florida, but Weiss is in his 30s, coming off injury and likely to play fewer minutes. Florida could have really used Weiss, because they dont have much proven talent down the middle. 2013 first-round pick Aleksander Barkov, Shawn Matthias and Marcel Goc are at the top of the Panthers centre depth chart, so Weiss departure will mean more quality ice time available to them. At least Weiss absence from the lineup last season helped the Panthers make some adjustments at the position, so this change isnt going to be abrupt. Signed for five years and $24.5-million, Weiss will be well-compensated and its possible that, by the end of it, he may not be providing ideal value, but so long as there arent lingering effects from last years wrist injury, Weiss should be a fine addition for the Red Wings. Hes a year older than Valtteri Filppula, whom he effectively replaces in the Red Wings lineup, but Weiss should be more consistently productive. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. 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