Barcelona is looking for a deputy, Umtiti. Will he buy a Chelsea defender?

Barcelona wants to protect itself in case of long absence of Samuel Umtiti. The club plans to bring Andreas Christensen.

Umtiti has been complaining of left knee problems for a long time. All indications are that the player will have to lie down on the operation table. Arthroscopic surgery can prevent it from attending training for up to five months. This would mean that the game will only come back at the end of the game. Meanwhile, Ernesto Valverde would have more than Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, a wounded Thomas Vermaelen and the young Chumi of the reserves.

In this situation, Barcelona would be obliged to bring a new chronometer in winter. We know that Matthijs de Ligt is at the top of Spain's wish list, but Ajax will not sell it in January. Recently, the press speculated on a different solution: to bring Branislav Ivanović, an expert from Zenit St. Petersburg, for six months.

Now the Catalan "Sport" says Barcelona wants to win Andreas Christensen from Chelsea. His bosses have already contacted the authorities of the English club, but for the moment they met a categorical refusal. However, they will not give up. If Umtiti remains permanently in the game longer, Barcelona will be more active in negotiating the transfer of the representative of Denmark.

Christensen still has no place in Maurizio Sarri's team. The Dane has only scored six games this season.

Source: sport.es