The Blaugrana have finally outsmarted La Liga’s rules and found an escape goat in Samuel Umtiti.
Over in Camp Nou, the Barcelona management and Umtiti’s agents have come to a deal with a reduced salary and a renewal that will see Umtiti stay at Barcelona for another 4 and a half years if not released or bought by some other club before.
This new contract has opened up some funds in the salary list to register another player for the team to play in the La Liga. With Ferran Torres signed and ready to go, he’s been waiting for his registration in the La Liga lists to start his minutes at the Camp Nou.
Now with Umtiti signed to a lesser salary, a plan originally made for the now departing Ousmane Dembele, Barcelona can now register and play Ferran Torres as soon as the next La Liga match if everything goes right legally.
Barcelona confirmed in a news statement, “”FC Barcelona and first-team player Samuel Umtiti have reached an agreement to extend the latter’s contract until 30 June 2026. The French defender is reducing a part of the salary that he was due to receive in the year and a half remaining on his contract.”
With Barcelona heading over to Saudi Arabia for another El Clasico against Real Madrid, it’ll be interesting to see if the red and blue can stay in the Supercopa de España.