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Samuel Umtiti can already be branded as one of the worst managements of Barça in the last decade. Only in his first campaign did the defender manage to meet the team’s needs, but from then on Injuries have been weighing down his weight in the club to the point of going unnoticed by each and every one of the coaches who have been in charge of the culé bench in all these years.
But the worst is not that, but his high salary, which has prevented both Josep María Bartomeu and Joan Laporta from finding a team willing to face such a figureespecially due to the little minutes that the French player has monopolized.
However, in recent weeks the Rennes had increased his interest in Umtiti, but the player has not managed to pass the medical exams prior to the officialization of any transfer. Thus, the footballer will stay Barcelona and, unless someone fixes it, even 2026 Laporta will not be able to say goodbye to him, the date on which his contract ends. The worst, that up to that moment the Barça He must pay 52 million according to his salary to the Frenchman.
Precisely here lies the president’s worst decision since he took over from Bartomeu in the presence of the club: In January, he decided to extend Umtiti’s contact until the aforementioned date to reduce his net salary per campaign and, in turn, allow the signing of Ferran Torres, who left the Manchester City in exchange for 55 million. It is true that the Spanish international played a major role in Xavi’s plans during the second part of last year, but the signing of Raphinha again calls into question the efficiency of Laporta’s decisions.
In short, the ridiculous is capital today and in Don Balon This is how we wanted to expose it: first, extend the contract of a player who does not fit into the club’s plans and that he doesn’t want to go out either; and, in the second instance, invest a million to sign a footballer who, six months later, comes up against first-class direct competition like the one Raphinha representswho in turn has also led to an abrupt economic effort for the Blaugrana team, more than 70 ‘kilos’.