Barcelona need to sell this summer in order to balance their books and are willing to sacrifice Samuel Umtiti, claims The Daily Mail.
The Spanish giants agreed a blockbuster £65m deal with Ajax in January to sign Manchester City target Frenkie de Jong.
Barcelona are already operating close to their financial threshold and reportedly needed to sell two high profile players to afford De Jong’s arrival.
Ernesto Valverde’s side now want to raid Ajax again to sign highly rated centre-back Matthijs de Ligt and Umtiti may be sold as a result.
Umtiti helped France win the World Cup last summer but has only made nine league appearances this season after struggling with a serious knee injury.
The 25-year-old only joined Barcelona from Lyon in 2016 but could now be forced out of the club despite wanting to stay.
Barcelona are hopeful that Manchester United’s search for a new centre-back will culminate in signing Umtiti.
Of players to have started at least five appearances in La Liga this season, Umtiti has the best pass success rate (95.5%).
Sell a World Cup winner and a world-class player just so that a player with world-class potential could join? Great bit of business, the kind of we've come to expect from Bartomeu & co.