Serie A club Lecce open talks to sign Barcelona defender - Reports × Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Football La Liga 2022-23 Rumors Serie A club Lecce open talks to sign Barcelona defender - Reports Xavi Hernandez is keen to offload French defender. Like Like Excited Happy Anxious Angry Sad Comment Share Vatsal Vora ANALYST Follow Modified 20 Aug 2022 Serie A outfit Lecce have opened talks to bring in FC Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti this summer, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. Barcelona have significantly strengthened their defense in the current transfer window. The Catalan giants have brought in French defender Jules Kounde from Sevilla for €50 million and also signed Andreas Christensen on a free transfer. This leaves Umtiti as surplus to requirements in the squad and could therefore be offloaded before the end of the summer transfer window. According to the aforementioned source, the Frenchman could sign for Lecce, who have opened negotiations with Barcelona. Fabrizio Romano@FabrizioRomanoSerie A side Lecce have opened talks with Barcelona for Samuel Umtiti. It could be an option for the final days of the window, negotiations on. #FCBLecce want Umtiti and talks will proceed in the next days. @SkySport3402289Serie A side Lecce have opened talks with Barcelona for Samuel Umtiti. It could be an option for the final days of the window, negotiations on. #FCBLecce want Umtiti and talks will proceed in the next days. @SkySport https://t.co/19bLCTaB1M As things stand, Umtiti still has four years remaining on his current contract with Barcelona. The World Cup-winning centre-back penned an extension back in January this year on a reduced salary which helped the club register new signing Ferran Torres. However, Umtiti has fallen down the pecking order under Xavi Hernandez and the club is now looking to offload the former Olympique Lyonnais defender. Umtiti's stocks have drastically decreased in the past few seasons. According to Transfermarkt, the Frenchman is currently valued at just €2 million. As per Football Espana, however, the Catalan giants are looking to offload the 28-year-old on a free transfer this summer. It is worth noting that the Blaugrana need to offload a few players in order to sign any new players from now until the end of the summer transfer window. Xavi Hernandez is still looking to bring in a new right-back this summer with Villarreal full-back Juan Foyth being linked with a move to the Nou Camp. Samuel Umtiti has barely featured for Barcelona for the past two seasons Samuel Umtiti has become one of the forgotten players at the Nou Camp over the past couple of seasons. The French defender has barely featured in the first-team in the last two campaigns. This is mostly down to Umtiti's poor injury record, which has seen other defenders overtake him in the pecking order at the club. Last season, Umtiti made just one appearance for Barcelona across all competitions. It came in La Liga against Osasuna in a game which ended 2-2. Barça Universal@BarcaUniversalSamuel Umtiti has admitted to the club that it was a mistake not to have left Barcelona earlier. The player accepts his mistake.— @sport4922114Samuel Umtiti has admitted to the club that it was a mistake not to have left Barcelona earlier. The player accepts his mistake.— @sport https://t.co/YD9rOua9IT During the 2020-21 season, Umtiti made 16 appearances for the Catalan giants across all competitions. 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