Samuel Umtiti has made it clear to Barcelona that he won't be listening to any offers from other clubs this summer.
The Catalan side are seriously considering selling the central defender because of his inconsistent form and constant knee problems.
Barcelona are getting closer to reaching an agreement to sign Ajax star Matthijs de Ligt, but they will have to fend off interest from Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Juventus.
If the Dutchman does end up arriving at the Camp Nou, Ernesto Valverde will have five centre-backs in his squad for next season.
One will have to be sold and, due to Clement Lenglet's solid partnership with Gerard Pique, the main candidate is Umtiti, not least because of his sell-on value.
Umtiti has a great reputation across Europe and would attract plenty of offers. However, the Frenchman has told the club several times that he doesn't want to leave, and his only objective is being with Barcelona next season.
He isn't changing his mind and, even if Barcelona do accept a bid for him, he won't be listening to their offer.
Umtiti is alongside Jasper Cillessen, Nelson Semedo, Philippe Coutinho and Malcom as the players that are most likely to be sold this summer.
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Playing against who? Who is umtiti.. de ligt just best England in a master class and you talk about umtiti.. now see this is the fault of a faulty president ... who is is putting a faulty coach in the squad.. that’s why faulty players like umtiti and Rakitic are saying they don’t wanna leave.. who are they? Messi? The only player who had the permission to say a word is messi not them... you can’t be too comfortable at Barca.. that’s how it should be you have to be at 120% all the time.. if the club wants to trade you who the hell are you not to go? Except Messi? No one is above trading