Barca officially announced that Umtiti has renewed his contract with the team until 2026, the player has accepted the salary cut, and Barca can smoothly vacate the salary space to complete the registration for new signing Ferran Torres. But from the perspective of fans, will this cost be a little too much?
You know, because in the 2018 World Cup knockout round, Umtiti was forced to take an injury so he took a closed injection, and then his physical condition took a sharp turn, and his previous excellent confrontation, outbreak and turning ability were almost completely lost.
Originally, Umtiti's consciousness, technology and sense of position were relatively bad, and he lost his proud physical fitness, how could he still stand in La Liga? So in recent seasons, Umtiti has often played for Barca with bad oolong balls or low-level mistakes, becoming a ridiculous player.
Barca fans even refer to Umtiti and Lenglet, who is also a Frenchman, as Barca's "Crouching Dragon Phoenix", who are similar dishes. If you look back at the 2018 World Cup, Umtiti won the final Hercules Cup as a main player, and in that moment he was a hero of the French people and was glorious.
But looking at it now, Umtiti has undoubtedly single-handedly destroyed his entire career, and he has lost the possibility of stepping into the ranks of first-class defenders, and the future may be here: an ordinary center-back for rotation.
In order to register Felan Torres, Barca cut his salary to renew Umtiti for 5 years, is it worth it? From the fan's point of view, it may be a loss, after all, you casually sell his cabbage price, or deal with other players first, and then wait until the contract expires to deal with him, it is better than renewing the contract; but from the perspective of the club, it may not be possible to think about it in this way.
Because Umtiti may not be able to sell, who does not know that he often makes low-level mistakes and has a poor level? Selling to a worse club, the players are not necessarily willing, low prices, Barca or not angry.
When having to deal with the player's problem, the club may choose to believe that the player can still have room for rescue and expect him to play at a higher level, which is a fluke conjecture, and more importantly: Barca can no longer wait.
They urgently need to complete the registration of Torres to strengthen the strength of the front, then coupled with the above fluke psychology to comfort themselves, the renewal of the contract has become a natural thing. No matter how much the fans complained, no matter how much they were shocked, they could only accept the fact that he had renewed his contract, and the only thing they could do was to pray that Umtiti could find the form and bring more to Barca.