On January 4, Beijing time, according to the "Daily Sports Newspaper", Barça defender Umtiti rejected 5 offers, and the player hopes to continue to stay at Barca. At the moment, Barca are under so much financial pressure that new signing Ferran Torres is unable to register in La Liga. Barca want Umtiti and Coutinho to leave, but the two don't seem to have any intention of leaving. Once the winter window doesn't solve this problem, Ferran Torres will not be able to play for Barca.
Both Umtiti and Coutinho are well-paid players but have contributed little to the team. In fact, Barca have been trying to get the two out of the team for the past few seasons, Coutinho has also been loaned to Bayern, and Umtiti has been reluctant to leave. Now, Barça have completely lost patience and the top brass has begun to put pressure on Umtiti, who hopes to be able to get together and disperse. But is it really so easy to fix things? The answer is no.
According to the Daily Sports, Umtiti has turned down five offers, including offers from Ligue 1, the Premier League and the Turkish Super League. Umtiti's idea was simple, he wanted to be able to continue playing in the Champions League, but none of these teams qualified for the Champions League. In fact, this may be Umtiti's excuse, because after leaving Barca, Umtiti must choose to cut his salary.
Currently, Umtiti's annual salary at Barca is 12 million euros, which also includes some bonus clauses. Earlier in Ligue 1, Lyon had hoped for Umtiti to return, but the salary offered was only 2 million euros, which is a huge gap with Umtiti's salary at Barcelona. In addition, Fenerbahce also threw an olive branch, but Umtiti did not want to go to Tuchao. To put it bluntly, Umtiti doesn't want to take a pay cut, and once he leaves Barca, his salary level will drop by a few notches.
Former World Cup winner Umtiti is now in a very awkward position. But from the perspective of the players themselves, isn't it good to lie in Barca and earn 12 million a year? Why choose to leave? The fault lies with Barca itself, and after Umtiti won the World Cup, Barça immediately doubled its salary without any hesitation. In fact, a lot of Barca's operations in recent years have been wrong, such as Coutinho, Dembele, and Umtiti taking only a small head.
The real giants, Barca can be described as full of loyal martyrs, Umtiti really can't get rid of it. It has come to this point, and Umtiti is loyal to Barca with an iron heart, and even if he bears the infamy, Umtiti will not mind counting money in the stands. Barca fans can't stand it, but it doesn't matter to Umtiti, what matters is to be able to lie down and count the money.