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Barcelona news: Josep Maria Bartomeu offers huge Samuel Umtiti transfer update
BARCELONA are working to tie down Manchester United transfer target Samuel Umtiti.
Samuel Umtiti is being linked with BarcelonA
The defender has been linked with a move away from the Nou Camp after forming a strong partnership with Gerard Pique this term.
And Umtiti's £52m release clause has attracted attention from a host of European heavyweights.
Old Trafford has been touted as the 24-year-old's next destination, with Jose Mourinho reportedly interested in signing the Frenchman this summer.
But Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu admits the Catalan outfit are trying their best to keep Umtiti at the club next season.
"Umtiti has a contract," he told radio station RAC1.
Josep Maria Bartomeu says Barcelona want to tie down Samuel Umtiti
We will try to reach an agreement because he has had a good season
"We are talking with him to renew it.
"We try to maintain a salary structure that has a certain harmony.
"We will try to reach an agreement because he has had a good season.
"The important thing is that we work in peace."
Umtiti has played a major role in Barcelona's unbeaten La Liga so far.
The Catalan outfit have three more fixtures before the end of the league campaign.
The defender, who joined Barcelona from Lyon in 2016, has featured 38 times for the Catalan outfit this season, scoring once.