The return of Big Sam Umtiti is not a priori for this summer. OL inquired, but contact with Saudi Arabia shattered everything.
The vagueness is total on the transfer market of Olympique Lyonnais, knowing that John Textor has decided to take control but has not placed any man in charge. It will have to be organized, without it, the summer risks being complicated while the Rhone club must strengthen itself to finally return to the European Cup next season. The return of Alexandre Lacazette will have been a great success, unlike a less fit and more often injured Corentin Tolisso. What if this emblematic OL duo was completed by another member of the old guard? This is the project that presents itself with Samuel Umtiti, undesirable at FC Barcelona despite his successful loan from Lecce.
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The Italian club will not be able to keep it, and the 2018 world champion therefore raises the question of his future. Lyon took the opportunity to get closer to him and offer him a comeback, especially since places have become available (Boateng, Da Silva) or can do so (Lukeba). But if the idea seemed interesting at first, everything was shattered according to Team Football. Indeed, Saudi Arabia has entered the dance and the amounts of its future contract literally explode the discussions that the Lyon leaders could have with the central defender. Unless a choice of the heart were to be made, the prospect of joining the Saudi championship may well pass and leave Samuel Umtiti far from OL for this summer.
