Umtiti actually renewed his contract with Barca again, the French centre-back, which was difficult to sell, but directly renewed to 2026, what medicine is sold in Barca gourd? Is it the fan's mouth saying that the strange operation, or the Barca management has other plans. After Barca officially announced the renewal of his contract with Umtiti, in fact, many people have noticed that the salary of the French centre-back has dropped sharply, and compared with the original contract, in fact, the total salary he got has not risen too much, but he will continue to stay in Barca for 4 years, why is this?
First of all, Barca and Umtiti are renewing their contracts at this time, and the most important purpose of getting him to make a salary cut is to quickly register Ferrantores. A closer look at Barca's recent moves, whether it's getting Umtiti a pay cut or sending Coutinho to Aston Villa, is all about lowering the team's salary and then registering Ferrantore as soon as possible. However, it is not enough to let Umtiti take a pay cut, if you want Ferrantores to play as soon as possible, Barca also need to make personnel adjustments as soon as possible, and even let other players have a pay cut.
Secondly, it is clear that Umtiti has no room to live in Barcelona, even with a pay cut. However, the French centre-back still chose to cut his salary, the most important reason is that Barca want to send him away, and Umtiti may also want to leave. Before that, Umtiti's salary reached about 18 million euros, which few teams can afford, and there is really no problem with the big team, but Umtiti's current strength has no way to gain a foothold in the big club. Therefore, you can only leave with a pay cut.
Finally, Barca need players to set an example and really make concessions in order to convince other players, although it is still very difficult, but at least the goal and direction. From the reality of the situation, Barça's current squad has too many high-paid and low-energy players, and it occupies Barca's salary space, so that their reinforcements have been greatly restricted. To solve the current situation, it is difficult to achieve the goal of simply getting players to cut salaries, and it is necessary to find a suitable way to get players to transfer and leave, emptying the team's "garbage" contract.
Therefore, there is no need to ridicule Umtiti's contract extension, nor do you have to deny it so early, Barca has indeed done a lot of strange operations in the transfer market for a long time in the past, and the current operation is only to make up for the mistakes of the past. Although the progress is indeed a little slow, the effect is not too obvious, and even suffered a painful period, but Barca is indeed making changes, this change may not be good enough, but at least one direction, a direction that can let some fans see the hope. Now, it's up to them to see how far they can go.