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Samuel Umtiti, during a warming with the FC Barcelona

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Barça will try to 'get rid' of Samuel Umtiti this summer

Published:28/05/2022 - 20:08h

Updated:28/05/2022 - 20:08h

Samuel Umtiti knows that he does not count for Xavi Hernández for 2022-23. However, the center-back has not yet received formal offers and his salary continues to be the main obstacle to finding a way out for him, beyond having lowered his record

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The FC Barcelona knows that it has to go out of several players in summer to free contingents and mass salarial in the staff. One of the players that has to go out, if or yes, this summer is Samuel Umtiti. The club carries already several markets trying 'rid' of the central, but his scarce leadership during the last two seasons has done that the offers by the player of 28 years have been practically invalid.

Foreseeing the complexity of his situation, the managerial renewed him in June until 2026 to go down his index card. The enlargement of agreement by three seasons more allowed to the club reduce the wage of the defender in 10% and postergar the payment of the honorarios pending to the player for the next five years. However, the problem with Umtiti is that it follows occupying a square in the staff of the first team, which hampers the registration of new signings or players of the filial.

The 'positive' of the renewal is that the Barça has reserved a clause with which Samuel can receive his letter of freedom in June of 2023, if the directive and the technical body wish it. With this, the club ensures an option of exit contemplating the scarce leadership that the one of Yaoundé will have in the season 2022-23 if it finishes remaining in Catalonia. In the 2021-22, Umtiti only contested 1 party in all the season.

The central wants to return to his country

For Samuel, the priority is to return to Tie it 1, preferably with the Olympique Lyon. Nevertheless, the low fitness and high index card of the central generate too many doubts to the moment of offers an agreement by a player whose current value follows collapsing (2 million euros in Trasnfermarkt). After renewing with the Barça, the player Frenchman happened to earn 6 million net euros by season, a negotiation that, besides, allowed to inscribe to Ferran Torres in January.

Regarding the emolumentos pending, the central accepted to earn the near of 28.5 'kilos' that subtracted of his previous agreement in the next five years. Of the same way, Umtiti will not earn his integral wage (19 millions to the year, including a 'prime by fidelity'), but this does not want to say that the club do not have to indemnify him when it abandon Camp Nou. With so many pending accounts, the central will try to look for team for, at least, go back to play with regularity and already was offered, without success, to several Turkish clubs. It will be able to the Barça give off of him this market?