For nearly a year, Samuel Umtiti has been shaking things up. FC Barcelona, ​​optimistic, hopes to find him very soon.

"He is getting better, we are optimistic. We want to recover it quickly . FC Barcelona source assured Mundo Deportivo that Samuel Umtiti (25) was on his way home. According to the Spanish sports daily, the central defender could even come back after the international break and be in the group for the trip to Eiber(9th day of La liga).His fissure of the 2nd metarsal of food seems to be nothing but a bad memory.
Over the last few hours, we have seen a video of training n ° 23 on the social media, relayed by the Iberian media. If he still follows individualized sessions with a physical trainer, the native of Yaoundé has clearly accelerated the pace and intensity of his exercises. A relief for the international tricolor (31 selections, 4 achievements) that has not played a single minute in the jersey blaugrana since the beginning of the season.

He has only played 21% of the games over one year.

"The end of a year of ordeal" , MD title , reminiscent of the famine statistics of the 2018 World Champion since the coronation of the French team in Russia. Between his knee problems and this foot injury, the former Lyonnais indeed has a very poor record. Of the 70 games played by the Catalan club for a year, the southpaw played only 15, or 21.4% ... He thus missed 34 for injuries, 1 for suspension, having spent the other 20 on the sidelines, seeing Clement Lenglet settle alongside Gerard Piqué in the hinge Barcelona and Raphael Varane in Blue.
"In the locker room, we are partners but also friends. We are very regularly together. I do not think it can become unhealthy, because in the way we do things, there is a lot of respect, " said Thursday the former Nancéien in the columns of the Parisian . Enough to put Samuel Umtiti in the best conditions for his return to business that Barça and he hope for the fastest possible.