Barca complete deal for Lyon's Umtiti

Barca complete deal for Lyon’s Umtiti

By : AFP

Date: 12 July 2016 2:52pm WAT

This file photo taken on May 20, 2016 shows Barcelona’s defender Samuel Umtiti Barcelona at a press conference. Photo/AFP

This file photo taken on May 20, 2016 shows France's defender Samuel Umtiti giving a press conference at the Aguilera stadium in Biarritz on May 21, 2016, during the team preparation for the Euro 2016 European football. Barcelona have agreed a 25-million-euro move for France defender Samuel Umtiti from Lyon, the Spanish giants announced on July 12, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE — This file photo taken on May 20, 2016 shows France’s defender Samuel Umtiti giving a press conference at the Aguilera stadium in Biarritz on May 21, 2016, during the team preparation for the Euro 2016 European football.
Barcelona have agreed a 25-million-euro move for France defender Samuel Umtiti from Lyon, the Spanish giants announced on July 12, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE

Barcelona have completed the signing of France defender Samuel Umtiti from Lyon in a deal worth 25 million euros ($27.7 million), the Spanish champions announced on Tuesday.

Umtiti, 22, will pen a five-year contract with Barcelona which includes a buy-out clause of 60 million euros, the club said in a statement.

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu confirmed last month that the two clubs had reached an agreement over the transfer while Umtiti was on international duty for France at Euro 2016.

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The Cameroon-born centre-back made his France debut in the quarter-finals against Iceland and retained his place in the team for the next two matches, including Sunday’s 1-0 defeat by Portugal in the final.

Umtiti, who can also play at left-back, will be officially presented as a Barcelona player on Friday after undergoing a medical at the Camp Nou.