It was the crazy rumor of last season. Inter were going to part ways with Lautaro Martinez, their brilliant number 10, to take over Barcelona. The Catalans were going to activate the player’s release clause to seize what is best in the second point on the side of Italy. Nothing has happened, the Argentine is still on the side of the nerazzurri, and it is not ready to change visibly.
The arrival of Conte, the click
If Martinez has never hidden the talks with Barca, as he explains in the Gazzetta dello Sport, he also reveals that it was Antonio Conte who made him want to devote himself 200% to Inter by changing mentality. The only 23-year-old Argentinian is entering his third season for Milan with the desire to shine and to win titles. If his arrival under Spalletti was the year of apprenticeship, he quickly had to take the reins of a private attack from Mauro Icardi, sulky. Little in verve despite obvious technical provisions, his adaptation to Serie A was done smoothly and it is by his cunning, physical and airy aspect that Lautaro quickly stood out.
The arrival of Conte and Lukaku is a game changer. Lautaro is more free in the game. The 3-5-2 gives him air, the possibility of hitting and taking depth. His understanding with the Belgian is fundamental. Last season, he scored 14 goals and delivered 5 assists. He nevertheless fishes in the second part of the season, when rumors are insistent. All that seems forgotten, thanks to Antonio Conte who knew how to put him in the best position to shine. We can no longer count the number of directed controls carried out which choke the opposing defenders and the brilliant gestures that the “Toro” is capable of making. But there was still a feeling of unfinished business.
At Inter in the long term?
The famous clause in Lautaro’s contract bears a resemblance to Icardi’s. 111 million activatable before July 7. Only here, rumors of departure to the extension there is only one step. Everything would already be tied up and without clause please. To see if this is confirmed. In any case for Lautaro and Inter everything seems to be going for the best, the current season confirms it. While we are only 24 days away, the Argentine is already 13 goals and 7 assists. Almost better than its previous record while the championship is far from over. Who knows where he might end up by the end of the season? He who scored his first hat-trick against Crotone as well as a double against AC Milan knows that he must continue to perform to relieve an omnipresent Lukaku. And for the moment with the Argentinian it’s working pretty well, the two forming one of the best pairs of strikers in Europe at the moment with that of Bayern and Tottenham. The attack is calm in Appiano.
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