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Samuel Umtiti and Lionel Messi celebrate a goal of the Barça

OWING TO THE CRISIS

While Messi leaves , Umtiti remains : To what plays the Barça?

Published:26/08/2021 - 12:55h

Updated:26/08/2021 - 17:12h

For the barcelonismo, the continuity of Samuel Umtiti owing to his invalid intention to abandon the club contrasts with the course of Lionel Messi, the one who also wanted to follow dressing the Barcelona T-shirt, something that finally could not concretise because of the limits salariales of LaLiga

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In the middle of his financial and institutional problems, the FC Barcelona falls in a paradoxical fact for thousands of fans. On the one hand, the City Condal cried the course of Lionel Messi, that wanted to remain, at the beginning of August, whereas to finals of the month, Samuel Umtiti denies to leave with offers in foot and to the club does not remain him another that keep him.

Neither it was recommended to sack to the French, since the conflict could arrive to legal instances and would be worse for the institution. Included it has planted in front of the fact that Koeman have manifested not having he: "Sobran players. It has complicated to have minutes. His situation is complicated".

The fact that Umtiti have decided not going through the operating theatre in 2018 for giving priority to the Glass of the World in which it resulted champion, continues happening bill to the club, all time that did not receive the suitable treatment for the injury that presented, and still follows without going back to his best level.

It blames of Laporta or Messi?

Perhaps the first signalled by all this situation was Joan Laporta, the one who in his campaign for a second period in the presidency of the club promised to renew to Lionel Messi and promised substantial changes in the sportive. But the result has been another, with Umtiti and Coutinho receiving a vote of confidence when all indicated that they would leave .

Although they also are those that blame to the Argentinian by have not agreed his renewal previously, when the limits salariales of LaLiga were not an obstacle. Nevertheless, with Josep Maria Bartomeu to the control, Messi already had left clear his wish to leave by means of a burofax, something that did not arrive to concretise .

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