MADRID, 30 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
FC Barcelona and the French defender Samuel Umtiti, who played for Lecce last season, reached an agreement this Friday to sever the contract that the player had with the Blaugrana club until the end of the 2025/26 season.
This was indicated by Barça himself on his website, expressing his “thank you” to Umtiti and wishing him “luck and success in the future”. “In this way, Umtiti closes a stage of seven years as a Barça footballer, although this last year he has been playing in Serie A with Lecce on loan,” the note said.
“With the Italian team he has managed to rediscover himself with a good footballing and physical level, without any serious injury, and has played a total of 25 games, after a last spell as culé in which injuries affected his continuity”, he recalled. the press text.
The Frenchman landed in Barcelona in the summer of 2016, coming from Olympique de Lyon, the only club in which he had played professionally up to that moment. “During a fantastic first two years, he formed an almost unbeatable tandem with Gerard Piqué. In the 2016/17 season he played 43 games, while in 2017/18 he played another 40,” added the Blaugrana team.
However, after being world champion with France in the summer of 2018, a series of serious injuries reduced Umtiti’s continuity in the Barça line-ups. In total, in the following four seasons, the Frenchman made 50 appearances before going on loan to Italy.
“Now, after this period in which he has been able to get minutes again, Umtiti and Barça end their relationship with two Leagues, three Copas del Rey and two Super Cups to their credit,” the press release concluded.