New airs in Barcelona
Digne And Umtiti, beside Mathieu, form the "French bastion"
Published:4/09/2016 - 09:11h
Updated:4/09/2016 - 09:11h
After the almost massive exit "" of Brazilians of Can Barça, where only remain Neymar Jr and the Rafinha Alcántara, is now the French the second reigning nationality in the changing room after the Spaniard. Everything because of the arrival of Digne and Umtiti
It did time that in the FC Barcelona did not dominate another nationality, without explaining the Spaniard, inside the changing room that did not go the Brazilian. From the times of Ronaldinho and Sylvinho the Barcelona team has been bastion of the players of the country sudamericano. However, the possession of this "bastion" to changed to French hands with the arrivals of Lugas Digne and Samuel Umtiti, increasingly integrated in the club and the city. They two have changed, thanks to the also witnesses of Jeremy Mathieu in the staff, the paradigm of the nationalities inside the changing room blaugrana.
Lucas Digne convertió to his arrival in the 21º French in the history in putting the Barcelona. All after Samuel Umtiti, also Frenchman, went the 20º after being announced officially does several seasons. Both footballers have to the best "cizerone" of the club in the person of Eric Abidal. The ex footballer is in constant communication with them as like this it manifested it recently.
The own Umtiti confirmed this implication of "Abi" with his compatriots: "I Have spoken a lot with him since it knows the club. It has spoken me very well and I am very happy to be here. Besides I do not live far of where it lives he so we see us enough".
Therefore, in the staff of the Barcelona group the French nationality begins to take strength turning into the second of the changing room by behind the Spaniard. The one who to date was majority in this second position, the Brazilian, already has suffered the drops of Adriano, Dani Alves and Douglas Pereira.
These are the 21 French that have played (or play) in the FC Barcelona:
1-René Victor Fenouillère 1902-03
2-Henry Normand 1908-09
3-Jim Carlier 1913-14
4-Maurice Bigué 1913-14
5-Jean Verdoux 1917-18
6-Jules Robisco 1948
7-Lucien Müller 1965-68
8-Laurent Blanc 1996-97
9-Christophe Dugarry 97
10-Frédéric Déhu 1999-00
11-Richard Dutruel 2000-02
12-Emmanuel Petit 2000-01
13-Philippe Christanval 2001-03
14-Ludovic Giuly 2004-07
15-Ludovic Sylvestre 2005-06
16-Lilian Thuram 2006-08
17-Thierry Henry 2007-10
18-Éric Abidal 2007-13
19-Jérémy Mathieu 2004-
20-Samuel Umtiti 2016-
21-Lucas Digne 2016-
