Umtiti does not lift his head: again off Koeman's list

Samuel Umtiti follows prolonging his agony of drops with the FC Barcelona​ and this Sunday neither will be in the list of summoned to play against the Huesca in the Alcoraz. The Barcelona group issued a medical communiqué in which it explained that the frank defence-Cameroonian will not be able to be available by fault of a "gastric indisposition" and that thus it could not train the day before the party.

The new drop of Samuel Umtiti joins to the numerous indispositions that has had from 2018, mainly to consequence of his chronic problems in the knees. The Barcelona defence is used to to accumulate liquid in the articulation, something that does that it have not had continuity in the team since they originated these annoyances. Curiously, the reason by which will not be able to play against the Huesca is entirely distinct.

However, Samuel Umtiti follows giving reasons to Ronald Koeman to think that it is a figure with which can not explain of regular form. In the last seasons has lost more announcements of which has been able to go in and his physical state causes a lot of scepticism to the medical services of the club, that are conscious that his chronic problems.

The ideal stage of the FC Barcelona would be the sale of the international French but, to day of today, seems very complicated to find some team that can pay his astronomical index card, taking into account in addition to the few physical guarantees that offers. In the last hours, has arisen the interest of the Nice for doing with his services, by what it will be necessary to see how advance the conversations.

Fault of effective in defence

Samuel Umtiti offers very few guarantees in a defence very mermada from the injury of knee of Gerard Hammered. The Catalan will be moved away of the terrains of game during quite a lot of weeks and Ronald Koeman will have to face the next months without this mainstay in defence. For now, Clément Lenglet, Ronald Araújo and Óscar Mingueza are being the attendants to form the defence culé.

It is necessary to take into account, besides, the possibility to sign to Eric García in this same market of signings of winter. If finally it achieves the sale of Samuel Umtiti or of other transferibles of the staff, there will be sufficient money to try convince to the Manchester City. In contrary case, Ronald Koeman will have to hold with what has until final of season.