“Umtiti did not come to take an exam”

Samuel Umtiti has no place in Barça 2022-23, but at the moment neither in another team. One of the clubs that made the most noise to give the French international central defender the prominence that he has completely lost at the Camp Nou was Rennais Stadium. His trainer Bruno Genesio, fed a few weeks ago the possibility of repatriating the 28-year-old defender for Ligue 1, but finally that did not go beyond the field of hypothesis. Recently, information assured that Umtiti had not passed a medical examination at the French club, something that the player’s agent denied and that Genesio himself also categorically denied in his last public appearance. “I’m sorry for the false information that has been released, I’m sorry for Sam, because in no case did he come to have a medical exam, let alone a test that would not have been conclusive,” he said.

Genesio complained because the allusion to Rennes in this matter “tarnishes our image, my image.” “I also have a commitment to him, and I wanted to say that what has been said is really a bit toxic and very regrettable,” he added.

At the beginning of July, Genesio stressed that “‘Sam’ is a player I know perfectly, since I had him in the training period and then in the Lyon first team and that creates a bond. You all know his history, his qualities , the setbacks he had last year, but he is still a high-level player, and we are interested in high-level players,” he said then.

The market is going its own way and the Stade Rennais has cast its net over Francisco Morato21-year-old Brazilian central defender Benficaand the 25-year-old South Korean defender Kim Min-Jaeof Fenerbahce from Istanbul.

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