Barcelona name their price for Samuel Umtiti – and it’s bad news for Arsenal
Arsenal and Manchester United will have to fork out around £54 million to sign Samuel Umtiti from Barcelona this summer, say reports.
Both Premier League sides have been linked with a swoop for the centre-back, who made just 14 appearances for the Camp Nou club last season.
The Mirror claims that Barça are willing to sell the defender this summer but have set a price tag of €60 million.
Cash raised from Umtiti’s departure would help the Liga champions in their efforts to fund moves for Antoine Griezmann and possibly Neymar ahead of the 2019/20 campaign.
Arsenal and United have prioritised the signing of a new centre-back in the market this summer, but Barça’s reported valuation could price the Gunners out of a deal.
The Red Devils are understood to have made Leicester and England defender Harry Maguire their top target, but an agreement is yet to be struck.
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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.
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