Lyon will sign Umtiti as long as there is a salary agreement with Barça

Samuel Umtiti is one of the footballers that do not go in inside the sportive project of the FC Barcelona. Xavi Hernández has his entirely made defence in the section of head offices and is by the work to find him a new destination of face to the market veraniego. There are several clubs interested and everything aims to that it could go out before 30 June.

The Barça and Umtiti will have to approach postures

The Olympique Lyon is the one who more near is to do with his services but only will advance in the operation in case that the surroundings of the footballer reach an agreement salarial with the Barça. The interest of the French is real but are not by the work to assume a so high agreement, more still taking into account the diferimientos that did until 2026.

The culés will give all type of eases so that the operation arrive to good port and even no descartan the option to give him the letter of freedom as long as it was in favourable terms. By his part, the Lyon first will have to sell to Castello Lukeba to the RB Leipzig by some 30 million euros to have sufficient margin of manoeuvre and close an agreement to three bands by Umtiti where all the involved will have to put of his part.

The priority for the Barcelona is to save all the wage that has for earning, what would mean an authentic espaldarazo for the mass salarial and the fulfillment of the Fair Play financial. The communication between French and Catalans is good and expects that all resolve in the following days before the opening of the window of traspasos.