Plagued by injuries since the 2018 World Cup and regularly pushed out by FC Barcelona, Samuel Umtiti has finally found a new club. Lecce, where he has just been loaned out, the 28-year-old central defender will try to become a real football player again.
Ready without a purchase option, Umtiti will return to Barcelona next year.
The beginning of a new life for Samuel Umtiti? The first ended after the French team won the 2018 World Cup, before a slow and sad death at FC Barcelona due to repetitive injuries, particularly to the knee.
The Catalan club, which has since sought to get rid of the central defender, did indeed find a way out for him this summer: direction Lecce, promoted to Serie A, where the former Lyonnais will try to become a real football player again.
A career relaunch
Because it hasn’t been for a long time: 15 appearances in the post-World Cup exercise, 18 then, 16 in 2020-2021 and a small game played last season. Facing Osasuna (2-2) in La Liga, with direct involvement on his part in the opposing equalizer at the end of the game… A final burial, because Umtiti did not play again thereafter under the coach’s orders xavi. It must be said that he injured his toe again, but today he seems completely free of his injuries.
This summer, however, a rumor emerged on the subject: he would have been rejected by Rennes at the medical examination. The OL-trained player quickly denied this, as did Breton coach Bruno Gnsio, but the damage was done and no doubt delayed the world champion in his quest for a new club. And for good reason: Umtiti no longer inspires confidence after a year without playing, and three others alternate between the field and the infirmary. The terms of his departure for Lecce prove it.
A special deal
First of all, the former acolyte of Raphal Varane was loaned without an option to buy. And above all, the Bara will cover his entire salary! The Italian club therefore welcomes Umtiti as a bonus, or rather as a lower cost bet, because the Catalan team could obtain bonuses depending on the performance of the 28-year-old Habs. him to (re)play therefore, provided that his subscription to the infirmary is not renewed soon…
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