Barcelona is confident that they can sell Umtiti permanently during the summer transfer window, even though they could receive far less money than the €25 million they spent to bring him from Lyon. Roma is one of the teams interested in acquiring Umtiti since it appears that they will lose out to Inter and Milan in the competition to recruit Evan N'Dicka.

Even if the athlete is extremely appreciative of his present club, Lecce would prefer to get another loan agreement. Umtiti's team has been given permission by Barça to discuss his future, and the 29-year-old is free to join another team. Umtiti has a three-year extension on his current deal, therefore the Blaugrana are reluctant to allow him to leave for nothing, especially when there are teams prepared to pay a transfer price.