Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 13:09• Rian Rosendaal

A major turnaround in the situation around Barcelona and Samuel Umtiti. Among other SER Catalonia reports Wednesday that the French center defender will simply remain connected to the club. Earlier this week reported Sport even that Umtiti was nominated to leave the Catalans in the interim. There was even talk of dismissal for the 27-year-old mandekker.

According to the above medium, Barcelona has spoken extensively with Umtiti and both parties have come to the conclusion that continuing the cooperation is still just an option. Barcelona no longer intends to tear up Umtiti’s current contract until mid-2023. It is hoped that the defender will be freed from injuries for a longer period of time, so that trainer Ronald Koeman can call on him this season.

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Not so long ago, Umtiti’s future seemed to lie outside the Camp Nou anyway. Sport wrote on Monday that Umtiti along with Miralem Pjanic are on the list to be sold, in order to save money. There would be interest for Umtiti from Italy, Turkey and France. A move to Turkey did not seem to be an option, because he has rejected a financially attractive offer.

Sport also stressed on Monday that Barcelona is slowly but surely starting to lose its patience with Umtiti. The Catalans would try to persuade him to choose one of the interested clubs. If it is not possible to get Umtiti away in this way, it cannot be ruled out that Barcelona will resign, it was said from Spain. However, a few days later, it seems that Umtiti is just finishing the season with his current employer.

Umtiti seemed to have resigned himself to an interim departure from Barcelona on Monday. Then El Chiringuito was waiting for him at his car last weekend, he was asked if he saw any room for himself in the Barcelona squad. “I have room in my car…”, was his cynical reply. Two weeks ago, Umtiti was whistled by the crowd at the Estadi Johan Cruyff during the friendly match against Juventus, after which he decided to hold the prize-giving ceremony of the Trofeo Joan Gamper “Sometimes it’s better to say nothing and let silence settle things,” Umtiti said on Instagram.