Barca officially announced that he and Umtiti have renewed their contract until 2026, and the news came out, and the stone was shocked! In recent years, the high-paying waste materials that have not been shaken off, still renewed, or long contracts, is there in the head of Barca's senior management?
Chubby, humble, a little dark, such a person is a real person at first glance, and may be bullied... Experienced people have experienced, you really think so, it is very wrong. Umtiti is a person who seems to be honest but is not at all honest.
Barca have been out of the Champions League group stage this season, la Liga has long been outside the top six, and in the past two decades, how many times have they declined so much? The loss of top star and top scorer Messi is the cause of all this.
The failure of Barca to renew his contract with Messi before the season is mainly due to the inability to reduce the total salary, a bunch of "high-paying scrap" to transfer, terminate or reduce their salaries, Dembele, Coutinho, Umtiti, Griezmann... None agreed. In the end, barca fans saw Messi's emotional tears at the departure press conference.
In the 2016-17 season, Umtiti played the world's top centre-back in his first season with Barca, when Pique, Ramos, Varane, Koulibaly, Van Dijk... With a world-class centre-back ranking, Umtiti can definitely be in the top five. In the 2017-18 season, Umtiti has already aroused great interest from Manchester United, and Mourinho is ready to do a big job, offering an annual salary much higher than what Barca offers.
In the 2018 World Cup, France won the championship, Griezmann, Mbappe and other forwards contributed indispensable, as the main center-back Umtiti, the role is also quite critical. In the semi-finals, France's opponent was Belgium, at that time, the "European Red Devils" was at its peak, and the overall strength of the lineup was not inferior to the "Gaul rooster", which was also one of the big favorites to win the championship, and was even more optimistic than France before the start of the World Cup in Russia. In the end, France beat Belgium 1-0 to reach the final, and the only goal of the game was Umtiti. Without Umtiti's goal, it is difficult to say whether France will reach the final, let alone win the title.
Umtiti did not go to Manchester United in the end, but chose to renew his contract with Barca, when Umtiti, the standard and the limelight, was not under Van Dijk, who competed with Messi for the Ballon d'Or the following year. It was only after entering the 2018-19 season that Umtiti, who experienced injuries, quickly fell into mediocrity. But who could have predicted this in advance? Moreover, the renewal of the contract was not forced by Umtiti to force Barca to sign, but Barca took the initiative to propose.
What Barca fans want most is naturally Umtiti to leave for free. It is not easy to find a good job, because of injuries and illnesses, physical reasons affect the state of work, the contract has not expired, do not take a penny to leave for free, in exchange for you, why don't you do it?
This time, Barca and Umtiti renewed their contracts, in fact, the starting point is to complete the registration of new winter window striker Ferran Torres, and to register new players, the total salary must be reduced. Barca and Umtiti have renewed their contract until 2026, and Gbagbo Sport (high-water-position 1.97) Umtiti will not take 1 cent more than the total contract salary originally due in 2023, and also accepted a 10% salary cut. Umtiti can also choose to leave the team on loan or on loan during the term of his contract, and Premier League upstart Newcastle is said to be interested in him. In 2023, Umtiti can also leave the team for free.
Although it is not the situation that Umtiti now accepts the termination of the contract and leaves, which Barca most want to see, but with the extension of the contract, Barca's real salary expenditure has decreased.
Compared to his compatriot Dembele, Umtiti is much more generous. Barca spent 150 million euros on the introduction of Dembele, and the transfer fee for the introduction of Umtiti was only 25 million euros, and Dembele's annual salary at Barca is naturally much higher than that of Umtiti. Today, Dembele does not accept either a salary cut nor a contract extension, just waiting for the summer window contract to expire and leave the team freely, and barca's transfer fee for him that year and the salary paid for him over the years will be lost.