The French central has attended the microphones of Sports world in an interview where he has reviewed how he is, what FC Barcelona means to him, the whistles of the fans, his relationship with Joan Laporta and Ronald Koeman or how he has experienced his injury, among other topics.
Samuel Umtiti has entered the squad in eight games this season but has yet to play a minute. The Dutch coach has not lined him up since May 22, on the last day of the previous LaLiga edition where there was nothing at stake. Despite the lack of confidence from the coach, the Frenchman feels good.
“I am very well physically. I put up with training and I really want to play. I’m waiting for the moment, but on a physical level I’m fine. “
“I have worked hard for a month. I was not physically well and I have worked very hard, with double sessions, because my body needed it. I knew I had to be good in preseason to show that I have the level and I think I have done well. In the friendlies I was good, but I have to continue and train well every day. “
“Nobody knows what I have done and what I do, the double sessions, I am a worker. Football is my life and Barcelona is my club. I have to work harder than the rest and I do it every day. People think that I don’t do anything, that I’m on the couch doing nothing, but I train and work every day. “
“It may be that I am in my best physical moment, I just lack the rhythm of the games. I’m better than when I arrived. I have changed my diet, I look stronger and faster. “
“There is a coach who makes decisions and I have to accept them. If I don’t play, I have to go in more than the rest and show that I have the level to play. “
“The rhythm is the games we play, even though we train every day. I lack rhythm, I hope the moment will come. “
“I’m not going to ask for anything, I have to prove it on the field. We are six centrals and I knew it was going to be difficult to play. I’m sure I have the level and I’m going to show it. “
“I have lived hard moments with the injury, but now that I am physically well, I am happy. I would like to play like everyone else and help the team. I have to keep training. “
“I’m happy to be here, It’s the club I want to be in On the other hand, I’m not happy because I don’t play. Happiness is the field, playing, having the rhythm of games that I don’t have now. I will do my best to have the opportunity. “
“I don’t see myself playing for another club. Impossible. I am clear that I want to win here, show that I have the level to play here. I don’t think about leaving, I want to recover. “
“I have had offers from various clubs. Everyone knows that I love this club, I didn’t see myself anywhere else.”
“I am sure that I will fulfill my contract.”
“The whistling in the Gamper hurt me. They hurt a lot. I didn’t think it would ever happen in a club that I love. I do my best to be okay. I have hard times. People don’t know. I would tell people that I am fine and that the most important thing is the club, you have to help everyone and whistle is useless “.
“Respect is that if you don’t know something, you can’t speak. If you’re not sure, you can’t do it. People have spoken without knowing anything“.
“I do not like to talk. My job is soccer. I may have been wrong because it took me a long time to speak. “
“I worry that there is a wrong image of me. I think that from day one I have proven to be a worker, but everything has changed. In the street I have not noticed change, but I do not go out much “.
“I have had no problem with Koeman. There are many of us in my position and you have to fight to play. I can understand that there is competition, but I like that. I don’t care how many we are, you have to work harder than your partner and show that I am better than my partner. “
“I spoke with the president. It was a very important conversation for me. I needed to speak and say things clearly. Let the president know that I am fine. I want to help the club, it is the only thing I wanted to say to him. He has told me that I am well, I have to prove it. We have talked about hard topics and it was very intense for me, I came to cry. I speak little, but what I say is from the heart “.
“I had discomfort, but I had to play the World Cup. Then I had to do a treatment, it was hard but it is part of the past. The important thing is that now I am well. I have visited several doctors who told me that I did not have to operate. It was a very important risk and I decided not to have surgery. I was risking my career, I preferred to do a treatment. I’ve been lucky to meet good professionals and I feel good. “
“There are things that we have done well and badly in treatment, that is why I have lost between two and three years. It is a difficult issue for me because I have suffered a lot, but I have been able to work and I feel good. I have felt alone, is the word. I became sunk. The world is like that Luckily I’m strong It’s difficult to make decisions when one tells you A and the other says B. I’m happy to be stubborn and to go after what I have in mind. “
“I like to be at home, calm and alone. I am very lonely. From time to time I am with my friends from France, but I don’t like to go out a lot. Sometimes I need to disconnect, like everyone else, but I am usually at home. I do a lot of gym and I watch all the football games that I can. “
“We have had difficult moments, but we are working to improve a lot. We can do it with the squad we have and the season is very long. We can start badly, but if we are clear about it, we will have a season with titles.”
“Lose to best player of the world It is difficult, but life goes on and we have to play differently. We have to play more as a team and I think we can win things if we are convinced. “
“Barça is used to always winning and it hurts because it hasn’t been like that lately. You have to help young people, it’s not easy to play important games. We have a good squad.”
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