Umtiti refuses offers from five clubs, Barcelona running out of patience

Barcelona are growing increasingly frustrated with defender Samuel Umtiti after the French defender reportedly rejected more than five offers to leave the club.

The Catalan giants are working closely on cutting down the salaries in order to register new players, but Umtiti’s reluctance on moving away is proving out to be a major hindrance. According to SPORT, Barcelona’s patience is wearing thin as Umtiti recently rejected a loan move to Fenerbahce as his priority is to move to a better project where he can win titles.

As things stand, the World Cup winner is not wanted by Xavi and the club’s sporting director, Mateu Alemany is keenly working on offloading the defender. Sources even claim that if Umtiti continues to reject the forthcoming offers, Barcelona will look to terminate his contract.

The World Cup winner is one of Barcelona’s bigger earners and the fact that he hasn’t been asked to reduce his salary portrays a clear picture that the club wants him off their books altogether.

However, the 28-year-old, who has played only one match this season, continues to stand firm as he wants a regular Champions League club that competes for a title.

Many might argue that Fenerbahce are one of the top teams in Turkey but they are, in fact, reeling fourth in the standings, 14 points below league leaders Trabzonspor. This could be a chance for Umtiti to prove his credentials, but the defender has rather decided to take a different route altogether.

Problems for Barcelona certainly do not end there as Philippe Coutinho is another player who they want to offload. The club, however, can take a sigh of relief in the fact that the Brazilian is fully collaborating. Although, finding a suitor might turn out to be the bigger issue.

The situation for Barcelona is quite complex. Umtiti is currently trying to get in the good books and prove he can still turn the situation around, but it seems like Barcelona have already made up their mind.