Samuel Umtiti played his first minutes with the Lecce this weekend in front of the Rome and in the offices of the FC Barcelona showed a bit satisfied. The club blaugrana tried to give him the letter of freedom this summer, but the player did not accept it to the not having offers and, finally, decided yield him to the Italian club paying the whole of the index card and discounting some quantities in function of the parties that played in Italy.
The aim in the short term of the Barça is to save something of money this course, but especially try that the footballer take the rhythm and revalorice so that it can have some proposal in the 2023 and leave him go free saving the wage by his agreement signed until the 2026. In fact, the president culé, Joan Laporta, already left clear in the last Assembly that Umtiti does not explain now for the team neither will do it in the future.
The Frenchman is a player that no longer will dress more than Barcelona, but denied that it went him to terminate his agreement by his physical problems. The relation of the central with the club blaugrana is good and all the parts want that have a good end and right now everything happens now because it consolidate in the eleven headline of the Lecce and complete a good season so that some club, especially in France, can have he from June and the Barça can leave to pay his agreement.
Umtiti Had a performance more than acceptable in his first party with the Lecce and his sportive director, Pantaleo Corvino, recognised that the player goes to go to more and assumed his bet. "We brought him because we value all the positive appearances that could give us. it is giving Us A lot in the changing room by his professional experience and are convinced that in the field goes us to give more. It has been a player mundialista and has a lot of experience. We are satisfied", explained Corvino.
There is time to improve
The Lecce knows that it will pay a very small part of the index card of Umtiti and wait that the central improve physically during the season. The Frenchman also has clear that plays it to him because if the experience goes out well, will be able to relanzar his career, with the idea to return to Tie it1 and especially to the Olympique of Lyon, club where stood out before his arrival to the Camp Nou.