They accumulate him the problems to Ernesto Valverde in defence. Especially, in the case of Samuel Umtiti, that suffers from does weeks an injury in the cartilage of his knee. The central French seemed recovered and even played the complete party against the Athletic of Madrid, but these 90 minutes were sufficient so that it went back to recaer.
Umtiti Follows lesionado of his knee and his turn is not at all clear. If the ailments in the knee of the central Frenchman do not improve, no descarta the operating theatre, an option that seemed to have left backwards with the step of the days. Nevertheless, according to the informations of Sportive World, the player wants to avoid as it was this option.
Go through the operating theatre would suppose him to Umtiti a time of drop of four to five months, something that would suppose that his season practically would have finish. Only it would be ready to contest the last month of competition, although for these dates still would not have recovered the physical rhythm neither would be in full form.
It is here where there would be a crash of opinions. In the FC Barcelona would be adherents to carry out the operation of immediate form since it considers that, to his 25 years, more cost to lose him a season and have him to the one hundred by one hundred in the future that go delaying the operation and that Umtiti turn into a new 'case Thomas Vermaelen', with injuries too recurrent.
Guillermo Love, director of institutional relations of the FC Barcelona, spoke in Movistar on the state of the central French. "Had some annoyances in the same knee and will see what is what is. We will expect a poquito and will be the doctors those that will say to what us atenemos or what is what it is necessary to do"said, adding that "we trust our medical services, that are terrific and very good. Sure that Umtiti puts well".
What the Barça loses without Umtiti
The drop of Samuel Umtiti is a very important setback for the FC Barcelona. The central French is one of the big bastions in defence and, probably, also is the central that rather has surrendered in the Barcelona team during the last years. By the moment, Clément Lenglet is the attendant of suplirle and, for the moment, is showing very good level.