French international defender Samuel Umtiti, termination clause fueled the desire to sign him from other clubs , renewed finally with Barcelona until 2023, announced on Sunday the Catalan club, which ensures the continuity of one of the holders of the team.
FC Barcelona and player Samuel Umtiti have reached an agreement for the renewal of the contract that unites both parties for the next five seasons, until 2022-2023,Barça wrote in a statement.The signing ceremony will take place on Monday, at 10 o'clock in the morning, at the Josep Suñol Stadium of Camp Nou, and later, around 10:30 am (08:30 GMT) the player will attend the media, in the Sala de Ricard Maxenchs press at Camp Nou, the statement added. Umtiti, 24, reached Barcelona in 2016 from Olympique de Lyon in exchange for 25 million euros, will play the World Cup in Russia with the French team. After the payment of 84 million euros by Liverpool to take control of the central Virgil Van Dijk, or the 70 spent by Manchester City in the French central Aymeric Laporte, the 60 million clause of Umtiti seemed within reach of the great of Europe. The amount of the new clause was not disclosed for the moment by the club culé. This renewal joins the recent ones of Leo Messi (2021), Sergi Roberto (2022) or Marc-André ter Stegen (2022).