Persistent injuries prevented Samuel Umtiti from becoming a star at the Camp Nou, but at Barcelona the Frenchman is remembered as a great player and a genuinely good guy. There is a story that proves this.
When Frank Kessie joined the blaugrana, he became close to Umtiti. But less than two weeks after the transfer of the Ivorian, the Catalans went on a tour of the United States.
Samuel stayed in Catalonia, because even then the club wanted to part with the player. When Kessie returned to Spain, the defender had already gone to Italy to sign a contract with Lecce.
But the distance did not become an obstacle to the friendship between the players that had just begun! Umtiti shared the necessary contact with Kessie and thus helped Franck find an apartment in the municipality of Esplugues de Llobregat, where the Frenchman himself lived for a long time.
According to the Spanish publication Sport, the Ivorian is grateful to Samuel not only for his help in finding housing, but also for the fact that the defender helped him settle in a new place.
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