Barcelona stand by decision that Umtiti must leave this summer

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Barcelona stand by decision that Umtiti must leave this summer

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The Frenchman has had a chance in preseason but Barça remain keen to move him on

Barcelona have not changed their mind in respect to Samuel Umtiti. What's more, in recent hours the club have strengthened their position on the footballer having to leave this summer.

They have respected Umtiti's desire to have a chance to prove himself in preseason, but he has not managed to change the coaching staff's mind. They have told him the only option is to leave.

Umtiti did not play in Saturday's win over Stuttgart, the most important game of preseason so far. He only started against Nastic de Tarragona and Girona.

He felt well across the 90 minutes he played but did not manage to turn things around. The club feel they have given him a chance but that his future now lies away from Barça.

There is even certain optimism given how his knee has improved. They hope that Umtiti will be more open to prove himself at another club.

If the injury was still hindering him, there's the risk that he would have been happy to continue at the club even knowing he would get no minutes this season.

'Big Sam' has two interesting offers that he would be open to and an expected exit could be on the cards.

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