It is costing him, but Samuel Umtiti is coming out of ostracism after a long time. The central defender made his debut with Lecce last weekend against Roma, on matchday nine of Serie A, playing all 90 minutes of the match. "I felt wonderful emotions, I'm proud of the game I played... after so many months in which I worked hard to get back up to par with my teammates," Umtiti said of his debut.
On Friday, he appeared at a press conference to assess this Monday's match against Fiorentina, but also to speak about his arrival at Lecce on loan from Barcelona until June 30.
"After the Barcelona experience, I needed peace and quiet," he added. "Lecce is the best solution because it is also an ideal city to live in; the conditions are ideal here to start again. During the summer, there was contact [from other clubs], but I really feel I took the right decision."
Regarding his future, the French central defender acknowledged that "I came to Lecce with the mentality of facing different challenges every day. In Barcelona, I had a lot, just as I had the opportunity to play with great champions. Unfortunately, some physical problems forced me to start from scratch. It's not easy to come back, but I chose to rewrite my career with Lecce and the first step is to try to stay up."
Finally, he was also asked about his options to go to the 2022 Qatar World Cup with the France team and Umtiti was clear: "At this time in my life it is important to play again, feel valued and important in this team and achieve my goal with Lecce. World Cup? With the national team I have written beautiful pages of my career, but for now I am only thinking about Lecce and doing well with this shirt".
Bapemnorsz
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You are not correct. Will you talk this thrash if he is your brother.
mf I will talk this trash even if he was my father wrong is wrong crime is crime even if it was committed by my own father. mf umtiti was wrong mf umtiti commited crime.
WristWatch
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mf umtiti for 4yr you had quite peace sitting in bench sleeping eating f******* spanish beauty with barcelona money.You are most lucky guy who gets lot's of money just to eat sleep and f*** girls and boys without doing nothing.If you were in other clubs expect barcelona they would have thrown you out within a week or month after your recovery and if you force to stay then they would have made you sweep floors ball boy wash players clothes bring them water in fields. Other clubs would have already made you servent but barcelona didn't.
You are not correct. Will you talk this thrash if he is your brother.
Eddy509
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we all know he chose the world cup over his career, he did not lessen to club doctors advice
that make sense .
rehbmorsy
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u wanted to stay in Barca yourself when arsenal are keen on you then
Vendiknprt
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stop your nonsense..there is no beautiful page you've written with France
Keep quiet when we don't know, silence is golden.
JohnRahul
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stop your nonsense..there is no beautiful page you've written with France
Are you even a football fan if you haven't even watched last world cup ?
JohnRahul
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is he playing good there ?
BabaYaga2312
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stop your nonsense..there is no beautiful page you've written with France
lol he scored Frances only goal against Belgium France won a World Cup with him in defence
myimaginaction
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stop your nonsense..there is no beautiful page you've written with France
stop your nonsense and learn football right. Umtiti was beast before his knee injury.
woocikmptz
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Toddler, Umtiti was a key player when France won World Cup. In fact he played all games
yeah, and Umtit even scored important goals in that world cup.
fammnpsuyz
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Yeah u should hide. Bum!
Bapemnorsz
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mf umtiti for 4yr you had quite peace sitting in bench sleeping eating f******* spanish beauty with barcelona money.You are most lucky guy who gets lot's of money just to eat sleep and f*** girls and boys without doing nothing.If you were in other clubs expect barcelona they would have thrown you out within a week or month after your recovery and if you force to stay then they would have made you sweep floors ball boy wash players clothes bring them water in fields. Other clubs would have already made you servent but barcelona didn't.
mf in which football contract it is written just to eat sleep f*** with barcelona money without playing football. He is given football contract and payed huge amount of salary to play football not for playing his two black balls with hands.
austin3451
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stop your nonsense..there is no beautiful page you've written with France
Toddler, Umtiti was a key player when France won World Cup. In fact he played all games
bumbrs
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many players destroy their careers by wanted to play for big club such as barca, real world.....
we all know he chose the world cup over his career, he did not lessen to club doctors advice
lasdekmnyz
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mf umtiti for 4yr you had quite peace sitting in bench sleeping eating f******* spanish beauty with barcelona money.You are most lucky guy who gets lot's of money just to eat sleep and f*** girls and boys without doing nothing.If you were in other clubs expect barcelona they would have thrown you out within a week or month after your recovery and if you force to stay then they would have made you sweep floors ball boy wash players clothes bring them water in fields. Other clubs would have already made you servent but barcelona didn't.
Contract for a reason
wallacehuncho254
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stop your nonsense..there is no beautiful page you've written with France
Bapemnorsz
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mf umtiti for 4yr you had quite peace sitting in bench sleeping eating f******* spanish beauty with barcelona money.You are most lucky guy who gets lot's of money just to eat sleep and f*** girls and boys without doing nothing.If you were in other clubs expect barcelona they would have thrown you out within a week or month after your recovery and if you force to stay then they would have made you sweep floors ball boy wash players clothes bring them water in fields. Other clubs would have already made you servent but barcelona didn't.
Eddy509
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many players destroy their careers by wanted to play for big club such as barca, real world.....