DBasia.news – Arsenal are still competing in two competitions this season: hunting the Champions League zone in the Premier League and fighting for the Europa League title. Arsenal got rid of Napoli in the Europa League quarter-final with a 3-0 aggregate goal.
However, this did not make the Gunners’ performance perfect, the club based at Emirates Stadium was deemed necessary to revamp the squad in defense. This also makes Unai Emery want to bring in Samuel Umtiti who is now strengthening Barcelona.
Unfortunately, the hopes of fans to see Umtiti to immediately docked in London seemed to fail, says an article as reported by Football Espana, the club felt the price set by Barcelona, which is 70 million euros is too expensive.
Despite failing to leave for Arsenal, Umtiti’s opportunity to immediately leave Camp Nou remained wide open, besides because the former Lyon player was no longer the main choice of Ernesto Valverde, the club also had plans to bring Matthijs de Ligt from Ajax Amsterdam.
Samuel Umtiti decided to join Barcelona in 2016, almost three seasons in the Blaugrana, the 25-year-old has appeared in 95 matches and presented several prestigious trophies such as La Liga, the Supercopa de Espana and the Copa del Rey.
The player with a 182 cm height also does not feel troubled in getting a brand-new club, besides being included in Arsenal’s shopping list, Umtiti was also targeted by two other top European clubs, Juventus and Manchester United.