Samuel Umtiti, during a warming with the FC Barcelona

HE IS NOT READY YET

Koeman Reveals the plans that has with Umtiti

Published:23/11/2020 - 17:00h

Updated:24/11/2020 - 01:41h

Ronald Koeman, direct technician of the FC Barcelona, has commented in press conference that Samuel Umtiti still is not ready to play, given his grave injury

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The ordeal that crosses Samuel Umtiti follows without finish and like this will follow, at least by a pair of weeks more. Like this it has announced it Ronald Koeman, trainer of the FC Barcelona, during the previous press conference to the crash between the Catalan team and the Dynamo of Kiev, by the fourth date of the phase of groups of the Champions League 2020-21.

The injury that suffered Gerard Piqué in the crash by LaLiga in front of the Atletico of Madrid did to jump the alarms in the central defence, due to the fact that, by the moment, Clément, Lenglet is the only footballer that finds available and healthy to play in said zone of the field. However, the same situation did that the surroundings barcelonista asked on the time estimated that still it will have to expect to witness the turn to the terrains of game of Samuel Umtiti, the one who has seen like the problems with his knee it distancian still of the moment to go back to step the lawn.

Apropos the subject of the central defender French, the technician of the FC Barcelona, Ronald Koeman, stood out in the previous press conference to the crash in front of the Dynamo of Kiev, by the Champions League, the following: "we Know that Umtiti carries quite time injuried and expect that in two weeks will be in conditions to play. We wish it was like this because it carries long without playing, from June, and needs to recover a lot, but already is training with the group".

The champion of the world with the selection of France in the World-wide of Russia 2018 goes in still in the plans of the Barcelona technician, but still is not available to see minutes. Given the serious drop of Piqué and the length estimated of the same, expects that the exjugador of the Olympique of Lyon arrive in a good state ofform , since his arrival is more than necessary in these moments of precariousness in the retaguardia culé.

The travel by the desert of Umtiti

From before topping like champion of the world with the French selection in 2018, Samuel Umtiti already had presented several problems in his knees. This situation weakened said zone of the body of the footballer, fact that has caused him more problems of the expected afterwards of the global appointment, by what the fragility that has showed the defender of 27 years has gone increasing satisfied happens the time.

From the last time that Umtiti recalled of his injury, in July of present year, the same has lost a total of 18 parties with the Barcelona, between the competitions of LaLiga and the UEFA Champions League. The últmo split that the born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, had the opportunity to contest, went the tie to two goals between the Catalan team and the Celtic of Vigo, the day 27 June 2020.

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