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Barcelona are ready to sell defender Samuel Umtiti to Manchester United this summer if an offer of 70 million euros or more was to arrive, says Diario Sport.
The International of France missed five months of his season due to a knee injury, but he is widely considered one of the best defenders of world football.
The Cameroonian-born defender, who arrived from Lyon in 2016, formed a formidable central defensive partnership with Gérard Piqué at Camp Nou.
However, the Blaugrana wish an agreement with Ajax's captain and central defender, Matthijs de Ligt, and would need to raise funds to continue reinvesting their first team.
The emergence of Clement Lenglet and the pursuit of De Ligt have clouded his future at Barca, who apparently would need to raise money from the sales of the first team to be able to add new recruits.
The report in Sport states that there is some tension between the player and the club, which no longer considers it indispensable and where a sale can be logical.
It follows from a report published in El Mundo Deportivo earlier in the week that a move to Old Trafford this summer is a possibility.
Umtiti has signed a new contract at Camp Nou from June 2018 to 2024 with an important 500 million euro release clause, but this could become pointless if the club needed sales this summer.
Arsenal would also be interested in a move, although the finances of the northern part of London may limit a potential deal.
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