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Barcelona desperate to get Samuel Umtiti off their wage bill

Barcelona are putting Samuel Umtiti in the shop window by playing him regularly in pre-season, Spanish publication Sport claims.

The France international has fallen down the pecking order over the past couple of seasons amid regular knee injury concerns.

He is now deemed surplus to requirements by manager Ronald Koeman, and the club are keen to offload him in the coming weeks.

Umtiti recently played 45 minutes of the club’s friendlies against Nastic and Girona. The club are hoping to attract transfer interest.