HE LEFT THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
Umtiti, from aspiring to the best central defender in the world to being a burden for Barça
Published:25/08/2022 - 15:19h
Updated:25/08/2022 - 15:20h
The story of Samuel Umtiti and Barça has come to an end (for now). The player has gone to Italy, leaving a gray legacy at the Spotify Camp Nou that at times seemed to be glorious
The step of Samuel Umtiti by the FC Barcelona left good feelings only in his first two years, in which it aimed to be of the best head offices that dressed the elastic Barcelona. However, his brilliant promotion to the 24 years came accompanied of a free fall after the World-wide of Russia 2018, what finished for leaving him without minutes and sending him to the Lecce in a cession more than forced .
After a good stage in the Olympique Lyon, landed in the Camp Nou in return of 25 million euros in the summer of 2016 with important performances that finished giving him end to the legacy of Javier Mascherano as 'all terrain' deep down culé. His speed and forcefulness in the aerial game turned him into an indispensable footballer in the axis of the saga, although the problems of knee began to affect his exert.
His decision of not going through the operating theatre after suffering an injury in his left leg to arrive to the World-wide marked the principle of the end to his sportive career like culé. Although it topped champion, the injuries did not forgive him and his efforts began to happen bill in League and in Champions, leaving him portrayed and happening to a second plane in the alignments.
In fact, since it signed by the Barça has been of drop a total of 606 days, little less than two years. The French has lost 105 parties by physical damages having contested 133 in total, participating in 15 in the 2018/19, 18 in the 2019/20, 16 in the 2020/21 and one in the 2021/22. 62% of his commitments with the club were during his first two campaigns and only has stepped the lawn in 50 opportunities in the last four courses.
The ruin in an agreement
The Managerial Board of Josep Maria Bartomeu overlooked each one of the warnings that did the medical bodies of the institution and decided to renew to Umtiti by five seasons more, receiving some emolumentos net annual that surpassed the 10 million euros. To day of today, the offices of the Barça follow noticing the estragos of that signature and have had to resort to different roads to reduce the impact of east in the arks.
Now, six years after his arrival, sera the Lecce the one who commission to revive his sportive career. The trasalpinos have agreed to pay a small percentage of his index card and also a bonus by parties played. There is not option of purchase in the agreement, by what will return to the Sportive City in July of 2023.
