Lautaro Martinez (24 years old). One of the great requests of Cholo Simeone for Atlético 2021-22 it is that. The one from Inter’s Argentine striker, the one who could have been his in December 2018. He was close. A fringe away. A fringe that became insurmountable. When everything seemed that Lautaro would take a plane to Madrid, he was diverted to Italy. Inter Milan was his final destination, where he has become one of those names that all the big clubs have on their agenda. With an average of 21 goals (2019-20), 19 (2020-21), 21 (so far, in this 2021-22). Now, his agent, Alejandro Camaño, opens the door on ‘Radio Colonia’ to a possible exit.
“Lauti is going to give us a lot of joy in the coming years, where he is going to be an animator. He will triumph wherever he is, surely he will do well. Let’s hope he plays in a great team and can compete in competitions like the Champions League”, he declared on the program Como Te Va Benedetto. Although that last word is key: Champions. The classification or not of the rojiblanco team, for which they will fight in these last four league games that remain, depends on the project they can build.
Comparison with Messi and Lewandowski
Arsenal, according to the English press, saves 70 million to try to sign the Argentine. Last summer Atlético already tried to sign him, but found Inter’s ‘no’: the offer was unsatisfactory, 40-50 million. At the moment his head is at Inter and at the World Cup in Qatar, next fall. “Lauti is focused on becoming champion with Inter and having a great World Cup, God will tell the rest,” added Alejandro Camaño. “In the world a very special situation is taking place.It’s the decline of the great strikers like Messi or Lewandowski, a new generation is coming with Lautaro“.