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The tuit of Samuel Umtiti in Catalan before the Barça-Sampdoria of the Gamper

Very applauded in the networks

Big gesture of Umtiti: first tuit in Catalan with the Barça

Published:10/08/2016 - 11:32h

Updated:10/08/2016 - 11:53h

The new central French of the FC Barcelona has won already to the fans with his first action out of the terrains of game. Samuel Umtiti, that carries time studying Catalan and the Catalan history, launched his first tuit in Catalan

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With a simple action of respect, the new central of the FC Barcelona Samuel Umtiti has won the first applauses of his new fans without having, still, jumped to the terrenso of game. The French defender has showed like a student advanced in the learning of the Catalan and dared this Wednesday, before the dispute of the Trophy Joan Gamper, to write a tuit in the language of Pompeu Fabra in this regard.

"Very happy to participate in my first Trofeu Joan Gamper", wrote in Catalan the defender, very identified already with the philosophy of the team blaugrana and his idiosyncrasy, this that does him only and more than any another club. This action has been applauded by bloated in the social networks that has done to fly his tuit with retuits and favourites. 

Although Umtiti already had won the first praises of Luis Enrique by his physical work before arriving to the club and the made these days, now is by these small actions by which the fans embraces his signing like a big contracting. So much he like André Gomes expect to debut this Wednesday with the T-shirt blaugrana and enjoy of the party of presentation of the team culé.

Besides, it does a month was the brother of the player the one who affirmed that Samuel was already studying Catalan and informing of the history and the situation sociopolítica of Catalonia and the Spanish state. "Sam is learning Catalan. Robert Fernández has explained us the philosophy of the club and of Catalonia", confirmed Yannick Umtiti