Samuel Umtiti has been linked with a Barcelona exit for a long time now with reports even suggesting the Catalans were willing to rip up his contract.
However, the latest updates suggest that Umtiti could end up staying at Barcelona after all because it’s simply too difficult for the club to offload the center-back.
Diario Sport reckon that Barca are “no longer” ruling out the possibility that Umtiti will continue at the Camp Nou and be Ronald Koeman’s fifth center-back for 2021-22.
There have been no takers for the World Cup winner and Barca feel he could stay “due to the possible legal problems that could arise by terminating the player’s contract.