Barcelona Fans can finally say that after two years of their transfer ban shenanigans, the team can now make a legal and complication free transfer, and their first signing with that fact is Samuel Umiti from Lyon.

The delay to make the transfer official is finally over as Umiti just concluded representing France at the Euro 2016, with a deal of £20 million. £20 million for a magnificent 22 year old defender who still had three years left on his contract at Lyon.

Even at an inflated price, this would have been an excellent deal for Barça. With us being one of the two best sides in the world, and our attack is unquestionably the finest on the planet currently, with Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez their firepower is beyond compare. In midfield they have the peerless Sergio Busquets, and the legendary Andrés Iniesta, while Ivan Rakitić completes an excellent trio.

Although our defence is in a bad state, and it has been like that for the last five years since the beginning Carles Puyol decline and eventual departure. Also the team got hit with Eric Abidal’s health problems, and now an ageing Dani Alves has also left the team (to be replaced by a utility man or a converted winger who barely played last season). Jordi Alba who is on the left is a matured solid defender but with his height he can be easily overawed in his position.

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