According to the news just released by Barca officials today local time, Barca and Umtiti completed the renewal of their contract. After the renewal, Umtiti's new contract is extended until 2026. According to the original contract between Umtiti and Barca, his original contract will expire in 2023. In the meantime, Umtiti had neither the intention of leaving nor the interest of the team in him. What makes fans even more indignant is that Umtiti now has no place at Barca at all, completely outside the team's tactics. So far this season, he has only played 1 game for Barca, and such a performance is not worthy to stay in the team. But after Umtiti completed the renewal, Barca thanked him for the renewal.
Barca officials said the team was grateful for the fact that Umtiti accepted a salary cut to renew his contract, which made Filandores' registration smooth. It turned out that in Umtiti's new contract, his service with Barca was increased by three years, but his total salary did not change. That is, it is equivalent to spreading the total salary level before 2023 to 2026, and it is also equivalent to working for Barca for free for 3 years after 2023. For such a salary cut, some media believe that Barça Bai has earned three years.
But a closer look at the contract should be a win-win option for Barca and Umtiti. For Barca, of course, it is through a salary cut to complete the registration of Filandores, so that the team's thin squad is supplemented, and Umtiti's salary has always been a burden they want to rush to get rid of. Diluting the average annual income by extending the service period is also the best option to relieve the pressure on the team after it is difficult to purge the players. For the team Umtiti, the biggest advantage is that after reducing his own value, he has more ways to retreat and choose.
Now Umtiti wants to be the main force of Barca, but if he wants to transfer and has no home, the only way out is to be loaned out after completing the renewal. The salary cut was just the biggest obstacle to his loan, after all, according to Umtiti's annual salary before the salary cut was as high as 9.5 million euros, which is a huge expense for some small and medium-sized clubs. After the renewal, this number will be reduced by more than half, and the average team can still accept it. This saves the team and gives me the ball to play. Not surprisingly, Umtiti will complete the loan before the end of this transfer window.