The Barcelona center-back arrives free in France
He returns to his country seven years later
The center-back Samuel Umtiti, a 29-year-old former Barcelona player, He was presented this Saturday as a new Lille footballerwhich will play the Conference League, and said that he feels “very happy” to return to France seven years laterduring which he chained physical problems, especially from 2018.
The world champion with France in 2018, trained at Olympique de Lyon -club where he played until 2016-, look for a new opportunity in frontline football after his successful loan to Italian side Lecce last year.
“I am a competitor and that is why I am at Lille, we have the same vision of things (…) I’m not only here because of my experience, I want to win and Lille too“, asserted the defender, who will be trained by the Portuguese Paulo Fonseca.
Umtiti arrives free to Lille after reaching an agreement to terminate the contract that bound him to Barcelona until June 30, 2026.