Samuel Umtiti Handed Barcelona Lifeline as Club Fear Defeat in Matthijs de Ligt Race

​Barcelona have been forced to rethink their defensive options for the upcoming season, with Samuel Umtiti set to remain at the club amid fears they have missed out on signing Ajax wonderkid Matthijs de Ligt. The Dutch defender had been one of Barcelona's primary transfer targets for months, but Juventus are now thought to have ​moved ahead in the race for his signature, prompting the Blaugrana to come up with a new strategy. According to ​AS, the main beneficiary of their failure to sign De... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/