FC Barcelona: do the Catalans terminate world champions Umtiti without notice?

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Samuel Umtiti, here on the left on July 28, 2021, is expected to leave FC Barcelona immediately.

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At Barça, it just doesn’t want to calm down. After the Catalans recently parted ways with Lionel Messi, another player should now leave – but he doesn’t feel like it. Now a legal battle threatens.

Barcelona. Even after the departure of Lionel Messi (34), FC Barcelona simply cannot calm down. Discussions about personnel and financial worries are now part of the everyday business of the Catalans.

On Monday (August 16, 2021), President Joan Laporta (59) presented the club’s financial debacle and accused predecessor Josep María Bartomeu (58) of having “led the club to ruin”. A day later, the Hausblatt reports “Sport“That the club’s defender Samuel Umtiti (27) threatened to resign without notice.

FC Barcelona absolutely want to remove Samuel Umtiti from the payroll

The French world champion of 2018 (31 international matches) has long been considered a problem child at Barça, has only played 40 league games (14, 13, 13) in the past three seasons and has been absent again and again due to various injuries.

In the past few weeks it was said that the central defender did not agree to a salary waiver in favor of Lionel Messi’s whereabouts, whereupon Umtiti was recently given a roaring whistle from its own attachment.

If the club’s management has its way, Umtiti would no longer be in Barcelona for a long time, despite a contract until 2023. But the player has so far turned down all offers from other clubs, especially from Ligue 1. There should have been a different agreement at the beginning of the preparation.

FC Barcelona: Samuel Umtiti without a sporting perspective at the club

Because as “Sport” reports, Umtiti, who has played 132 competitive games for the club so far, asked for one last chance to recommend himself under coach Ronald Koeman (58). If the Dutchman doesn’t count on him, he would finally break up his tents in Barcelona, ​​according to the alleged promise.