Undesirable at FC Barcelona, Samuel Umtiti who has just had a good season with Lecce wants to find playing time in a good club. Olympique Lyonnais is nearing the goal after the last discussions.
With the departure of Jérôme Boateng, whose move to Lyon has been a failure, the Rhone club needs to recruit a new central defender. After the returns of Alexandre Lacazette and Corentin Tolisso, OL want to bring back another former Lyonnais. Affected by several injuries, Samuel Umtiti is no longer part of FC Barcelona’s plans. The Catalans want to sell the Frenchman to reduce the wage bill. That’s good since OL are very interested in welcoming their former rock. According to information from Sport, Barça is confident of reaching an agreement with Lyon before June 30, in a week. This will allow the Spaniards not to count Umtiti in their balance sheet and therefore, to lighten the club’s finances.
Barca hurry to sell Umtiti to Lyon
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The Catalan media explains that the world champion, who is coming off a good season in Lecce where he managed to stay with the Italian club, is about to agree with the Barcelonans to join OL. Lyon are also in advanced negotiations with RB Leipzig to sell Castello Lukeba. The Germans are ready to offer 30 million euros to the Lyonnais. This will then make it easier for Les Gones to be able to offer a decent salary to Umtiti and to recruit other players. Under contract until June 2026 with Barça, Umtiti is closer than ever to leaving Catalonia and returning to his training club. Recruited for 25 million euros in 2016, Big Sam will leave FC Barcelona through the back door after very complicated years due to several injuries. His return to OL, if confirmed, will be eagerly awaited and will perhaps allow the supporters to digest the probable transfer of Castello Lukeba a little better.
