Benfica would be interested in a substitute for Barça

According to an information of the newspaper 'Sportive World', the Benfica Portuguese would be very attentive to the current situation of Samuel Umtiti, and already would have put in contact with the Barcelona club. The central defence of the FC Barcelona finds very far of the level showed five years ago, when the institution him ficho pertinent of the Olympique Lyon. This operation would fall with 'very good eyes' to the Catalan entity, since it would allow to expand the limit salarial for the next market of signings.

The team luso needs to reinforce in defence because it has advanced to the eighth in the Champions League, after surpassing precisely to the Barcelona and Dinamo of Kiev in his group. Besides, the saga of the ones of Jorge Jesus has the drop of Lucas Verissimo, the one who suffered a break of ligament crossed and will lose the rest of the campaign. This would be the main reason that 'The Eagles' have asked after the contractual situation of the French player.

The group of the Estádio gives Light already had tried without success in summer the cession of the player, and now everything indicates that it has gone back to interest in him. Casually, 'Big Sam' went back to play this Sunday in front of the Osasuna in The Sadar, afterwards of more than six months of inactivity in the eleven headline. The surroundings of Samuel has aimed to 'MD' that the player is very culé and that his priority keeps on being to continue in the City Condal until 2023.

However, and again in base to 'MD', the '23' values positively the opportunity that gave him Xavi Hernández in Navarra, and will not have problems in arriving to an agreement to help to the club to economic level, already was retarding collections or lengthening his agreement. On the other hand, if the trainer egarense does not want that it continue and like this communicates it, what would want the born in Yaoundé is to go out if some offer satisfies him to sportive level and respects his emolumentos pactados with the Barça.

A necessary exit for fichar

The club blaugrana needs to go out of players to be able to fichar in January. Philippe Coutinho and precisely Samuel Umtiti have been the most distinguished. Both players represent almost 20 million annual euros in wage, and do not enjoy of the necessary continuity to earn similar figures. If the Barça attains to give off of the defender, would be a step more near to attain purchase any of the necessary pieces to renew the offensive diagram of the team.