2023-07-21 17:12:26
After the official departure of its emblematic captain and defender José Fonte, whom he did not wish to extend, LOSC is actively looking for an experienced defender to strengthen a very young rearguard. In central defense, Lille can count for the moment on Leny Yoro, 17, Alexsandro, 23, Bafodé Diakité, 22 and Tiago Djaló, also 23, knowing that the latter, in rehabilitation phase after knee surgery, will not be able to be aligned before October.
« In building our squad, we are looking for a number one central defender, someone who has the leadership “, recalled very recently Olivier Létang. According to our information, LOSC and Samuel Umiti have entered into negotiations. The 29-year-old French international (31 caps, 4 goals) corresponds to the profile sought by the Lille staff. His experience speaks for him and he recently terminated his contract binding him to FC Barcelona when he had three years left on his contract. He can therefore engage freely wherever he wishes, without transfer fees to be paid for the club that will host him.
The only shadow on the board, it takes one, concerns the physical condition of the defender trained in Lyon, whose last seasons in Barcelona have been truncated by a recurring knee injury. Loss of confidence among Blaugrana, he was loaned last season to Lecce, in the Italian Serie A, where he completely revived. And if Lille served as a runway for him to seek a place again with the Blues, with whom he has not been selected for more than four years? At the World Cup in Russia in 2018, it was he who sent France to the final by scoring the only goal of the game against Belgium.
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