Former national team defender FranceSamuel Umtiti is close to officially ending his playing career at the age of 31, Sports.kz reports with reference to Euro-football.ru.
According to Diario SPORT, there is still no news about when the footballer will be able to return to the football field after knee surgery. There are also no guarantees that Umtiti will return to big-time football at all. The rights to the player belong to Lille; his contract with the Bulldogs runs until the end of the current season.
The Transfermarkt portal values the player at only 2.5 million euros. Umtiti is a product of the Lyon club academy; during his career he also played for Barcelona and Lecce, and has 31 caps for the French national team.
