—>
Samuel Umtiti, during the presentation of the Trophy Joan Gamper

His knowledge of the Barça, key

The barcelonismo of Umtiti finish bringing it to the FC Barcelona

Published:3/09/2016 - 09:17h

Updated:3/09/2016 - 09:17h

It is a precocious defender, more mature of what mark his twenty-two years and, besides, a culé until the marrow. Reasons that cost him to the FC Barcelona to sign to Samuel Umtiti of the Lyon and in front of what the central answered of a curious form

Calendar of FC Barcelona

They were many the things that did to Robert Fernández and to the FC Barcelona the decide by the signing of Samuel Umtiti for the centre of the Barcelona saga. From his youth, his good do in the Lyon joined to his spectacular progression, his maturity and, in addition to all this, his barcelonismo. This international French no s a "besaescudos" any one that when it arrives to a club affirms that it always had dreamed to be in this. No, Umtiti is of the Olympique of Lyon, club where has happened all his life, and of the Barça.

This ascertains Robert Fernández whenever it asks after him the defender. The secretrio technical explained as it gave the arrival of the defender to the team blaugrana and the clear that saw it once collected reports very positive of his surroundings.  

"The technical office had information from does time, of when it was in the juvenile selection. The players have a progression, some good and others no so much. This player was growing and appeared in the first team of the Lyon. It does time that knew that it could be important", explained the technician to "Sport".

"What transmits us from his arrival to Barcelona. Has a maturity out of the common"

"From then, I travelled a lot to Lyon or in other cities of France to see it in direct. It happened all the filters and begin to look for information to know how was his surroundings. From here, the idea is much clearer. We find us with a young but mature player and with personality. It is what transmits us from his arrival to Barcelona. Has a maturity out of the common. That it was headline with France leaving backwards to Rami, that put it in important parties… is not easy and less in a so concrete position. His brother is his manager", added Robert.

But the best of everything and what already decided finally his signing was the exceptional knowledge that the Frenchman has of the FC Barcelona and all what the club represents. The central knew the Barça, the Spanish football as "it was loved to come to Barcelona: By his form to speak, by his form to transmit what is the Barcelona, what knew that it was the Barça because it sees a lot of Spanish football... It interested him a lot".  Thus, the own player sentenced the conversations with Umtiti with a sentence that Robert repeats:  "If I go out of Lyon is to go only to the Barcelona. These were his textual words".

Today highlights