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Samuel Umtiti in a party with the Barcelona

THE DOOR OF THE OLYMPIQUE CLOSES

Marseille discard Umtiti and the Frenchman runs out of 'girlfriends'

Published:16/07/2021 - 16:08h

Updated:16/07/2021 - 16:08h

Samuel Umtiti will not play for Marseille next season after the French have closed two new reinforcements for the center of their defense. The Frenchman does not have any offer for now and Barça wants to solve his departure as soon as possible

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Samuel Umtiti does not raise head in the FC Barcelona​ and carries more than two years and half very far of the excelso level that showed in his first years in the club. The French, that wanted to show in this 2021 that has place in the staff, has not explained almost at all for Ronald Koeman​​​ and when it has done it has been far of his best version. Of the last twelve meetings of the Barça in League contested only three and in total this course played 16 between all the competitions.

By all this and because his wage is one of the most toxic of the changing room, his credit in the group barcelonista has exhausted . Joan Laporta already has signalled him like one of the players to which give gone out this summer. The intention of the entity always has been to do box with him to undo of his wage, that is very above his current value in the staff. Nevertheless, the reality is that so that it go could be necessary almost give him or yield him.

From it does some weeks, the Barcelona is trying 'plant' to the defender in some team that was had to pay his index card. As they have informed recently in several sportive means, the Olympique of Marseilles was one of the groups that could be interested in him. The Frenchmen were looking for a central of some level and 'Big Sam' could be his elected.

However, finally the marselleses will not bet by him, since they have closed the incorporation of other two defenders. One of them is Leonardo Balerdi, that played yielded in Marseilles the course gone through the Borussia Dortmund and that now is to all the new effects footballer of the French. The another is William Saliba, one of the central with more future of France although it has not found his place in the Arsenal, that has gone back to yield him.

The Marseilles no longer needs more central

With these two reinforcements mentioned more Duje Caleta-Car and Álvaro González, Jorge Sampaoli already has completed his saga and does not need to anybody more. Therefore, Umtiti has remained without this option and in the Barcelona will have to follow looking for him team. It will be necessary to see where finishes the frank-Cameroonian, since for now there are not more teams interested and he neither is had to lose money if it has to go .