'Anderlecht also inquired about Umtiti'

TRANSFERS Before it set its sights on Jan Vertonghen, Anderlecht inquired with Barcelona about Samuel Umtiti. This is what the Walloon journalist Sacha Tavolieri writes. However, financially this turned out to be a difficult case. Umtiti signed last week on a rental basis at Lecce.


We all know the 28-year-old Umtiti as the man who kept the Red Devils out of the World Cup final in 2018. In the semi-final against France, he scored the only goal. Since then, however, his career went downhill. Last season he played only 90 minutes.