DBasia.news – Barcelona defender, Samuel Umtiti continues to show progress in his game despite having many injuries this season and rarely playing. Umtiti is also in the spotlight regarding his future in Barcelona.
Even though he still has a contract until 2023, El Barca’s movement is getting closer to bring Ajax Amsterdam defender Matthijs De Ligt in the 2019 summer transfer market will increase the possibility for Umtiti to leave. This also seems to be good news for Manchester United, who have long been interested.
However, in an interview on one French television, Umtiti indicated something different. Reporting from the Mirror, asked by the French national team legend, Bixente Lizarazu related to whether he would extend the contract with Barcelona, the Olympique Lyon academy product only replied firmly, “Yeah.” As if trying to close the speculation about him.
Joiningsince 2016 from Lyon, Umtiti is actually the first choice defender with Gerard Pique. Unfortunately, the injury in this season made him only play in 10 games with a total of 818 minutes of play. His position was taken over by his compatriot, Clement Lenglet.