Samuel Umtiti is about to join the Italian club Lecce on loan throughout the season that has just started. The Italian club approached Barcelona to loan the French defender temporarily. Negotiations practically concluded, although they were not easy, because the Italian club did not want to receive the player's salary
The problem, as always with the player, is his performance due to knee issues that prevented Umtiti from finding a target in the final months of the market
According to information from Italy, Lecce is only willing to pay according to the number of matches he plays. Barcelona will continue to pay 100% of the salary and the money will be deducted depending on the number of matches played. The two associations have already reached a preliminary agreement on this issue
This means that Barcelona will not lower the wage bill at all. Although Umtiti's contract is no longer very high because he renewed his contract with the Catalan club to postpone the payment of his salary in the coming years, within the limits that Barcelona moves in terms of the salary block, to sign the contract with Jules Conde, ie. Help is a good thing