The agreement expansion to 2023 that France safeguard Samuel Umtiti marked with Barcelona on Monday contains 500m euro ($586m) buyout statement said club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
“We believe that with this statement, nobody will long for coming here” for him, Bartomeu said at a question and answer session at the Nou Camp instantly after Umtiti
“It’s incredible news for Barcelona fans,” said Bartomeu, who marked Umtiti for 25m from Lyon in 2016. “Without Samuel, this group would not be the same and we require him.”
Umtiti, who is 24 and has played 17 times for France, enjoyed a reprieve from World Cup camp at Clairefontaine close Paris to movement to Barcelona.
“I’m a little apprehensive on the grounds that my fantasy here proceeds with,” Umtiti said. “From the main day here in Barcelona I felt at home and now I need to stay 15 years.”
Umititi’s past arrangement had a 60m euro buyout, however that had started to look low after Liverpool paid 84m euros for Virgil van Dijk in December and Manchester City paid 70m euros for Aymeric Laporte in January.