Lautaro Martinez

[syrus]

Supply and Demand boys. No other way to explain it. .

 

[brehme1989]

Kovacic, Coutinho, Icardi for that price.

Players that I felt I weren't okey to give back. Telles, Rolando.

Telles wasn't ours to begin with.

Icardi isn't at the club due to management issues.
Coutinho was merely a reserve.
Kovacic wasn't a clear star for us though I was against his sale.

I think Kovacic was essentially the last player that fits the bill and that's because the coach didn't appreciate him more than anything else. There are a lot of buts here though.
Lautaro sale would be more like Zlatan leaving. Ronaldo was different, he has issues with the coach. We have no record on Lautaro having bad blood with Conte, but I don't think he's on a bro level like Mourinho and Zlatan were, but it's closer to that situation than Ronaldo. Maybe results wise and roster wise we were closer to the Ronaldo sale which may bring such a comparison.

Zlatan wanted to play for Barcelona.
Lautaro wants to play with Messi.
Assuming that's the correct information. Ronaldo just didn't want to play under Cuper.

 

[Candreva Crosses]

Don't need to correct the information. Who the fuck would not want to play with Messi? He makes everyone around him better.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Yeah. Makes you think also, wanting that effectively doesn't mean anything. Every player would want to play with Messi so that can be removed from the equation. Only thing comes then if Barcelona wants the player or not. If yes, then we come to the fact do they have some leverage over the seller or not. In this case, I don't see that much leverage.

 

[brehme1989]

Yeah. Makes you think also, wanting that effectively doesn't mean anything. Every player would want to play with Messi so that can be removed from the equation. Only thing comes then if Barcelona wants the player or not. If yes, then we come to the fact do they have some leverage over the seller or not. In this case, I don't see that much leverage.

There is leverage from the player's side who earns just 1.5m and is probably a top 4 player for us (Handanovic, De Vrij + Brozovic the other three) in the season yet he is 20th in terms of earners.

So as long as we do not intend to make him a top 3-5 earner at our club, he has every right to want out.

 

[InterFCAustin]

There is leverage from the player's side who earns just 1.5m and is probably a top 4 player for us (Handanovic, De Vrij + Brozovic the other three) in the season yet he is 20th in terms of earners.

So as long as we do not intend to make him a top 3-5 earner at our club, he has every right to want out.

I thought his salary is 2.2m, with bonuses goes to 3m ,but ok, you gotta do what you gotta do. Keep up the cacophony to justify “Marotta sucks and he’s a spy” narrative.

 

[brehme1989]

I thought his salary is 2.2m, with bonuses goes to 3m ,but ok, you gotta do what you gotta do. Keep up the cacophony to justify “Marotta sucks and he’s a spy” narrative.

His salary is 1.5m.

We offered him 3m a few months back which he rejected. Or at least his agent did, either way he's still with his original deal.

 

[francesco]

if inter was willing to bench icardi for 2 years while paying his 5M net wages (total 10M) in full unless the player accepted inter decision, what would prevent inter to pay 1.5M to bench lautaro for 3 years (total 4.5M)?
As far as inter concern, we just need to play lautaro 5-6 times a season to prevent the footballer version of constructive dismissal: some match in coppa italia, bottom feeder serie a clubs, and lautaro will stuck for 3 years.

Lautaro is smart to shut his mouth up even if he really wants to go to barcelona. He knows barca is willing to pay the wages he wants, inter already know he wants to move to barca, now he just need to let barca and inter do the transfer deal. He saw what would happened to him if he opened his mouth to public to force a move, marotta already shown everyone that even a team captain and top scorer didn't meant shit last season once wanda-icardi opened their mouth in public

 

[Inter7]

I truly despise how dirty Barcelona is when
Talking about transfers they always have every player talk about the move in the media

 

[Adriano]

I truly despise how dirty Barcelona is when
Talking about transfers they always have every player talk about the move in the media

they are spoiled brats, at least madrid and others are straight up just throwing money at your face, if you wanna come come, though of course every team sells the culture and coach and system etc as well though we dont see it as much, we just see figures

barca tries to emotionally abuse the football world lmao, psychos, always trying to rip others off, and acting like the world owes them

 

[CafeCordoba]

There is leverage from the player's side who earns just 1.5m and is probably a top 4 player for us (Handanovic, De Vrij + Brozovic the other three) in the season yet he is 20th in terms of earners.

So as long as we do not intend to make him a top 3-5 earner at our club, he has every right to want out.

I can totally see him earning top5 salary. At that age and less than one great season "at the top", he doesn't earn that 7.5m€ base salary yet.

- Eriksen 10m€
- Lukaku 7.5m€ base + bonuses to 9m€
- Godin 4-5m€ base + bonuses to 6m€
- Sanchez 5m€
- De Vrij 3.8m€

Brozovic new contract will be probably close to 5m€ (at least more with bonuses).

Nevertheless, we will probably over triple his salary to around 5m€. We can maybe add some rising factor to the contract and of course bonuses tied to personal/team performances. If he keeps requesting 10m€ or something even close to as ludicrous as that figure, he can keep hoping Barcelona will come in with a better cash offer.

I can see 6m€ + bonuses will do it for sure. He probably doesn't have that at the table yet, we will wait till the release clause activation period ends, then Marotta starts the haggle.

 

[brehme1989]

if inter was willing to bench icardi for 2 years while paying his 5M net wages (total 10M) in full unless the player accepted inter decision, what would prevent inter to pay 1.5M to bench lautaro for 3 years (total 4.5M)?
As far as inter concern, we just need to play lautaro 5-6 times a season to prevent the footballer version of constructive dismissal: some match in coppa italia, bottom feeder serie a clubs, and lautaro will stuck for 3 years.

Lautaro is smart to shut his mouth up even if he really wants to go to barcelona. He knows barca is willing to pay the wages he wants, inter already know he wants to move to barca, now he just need to let barca and inter do the transfer deal. He saw what would happened to him if he opened his mouth to public to force a move, marotta already shown everyone that even a team captain and top scorer didn't meant shit last season once wanda-icardi opened their mouth in public

So Inter's solution to not giving their best players their due is to punish them?

No wonder everyone has gone mad over the last year here.

 

[InterFCAustin]

His salary is 1.5m.

Simply not true!
His salary is 2m euros, that can go up to 3m with bonuses. But ok.
Not the first time you twisting details to fit your rhetoric.
This is just one article that I’m posting. I’ve read others who report same numbers.
https://m.fcinternews.it/in-primo-p...0-mln-piu-firpo-senza-iper-valutazione-339736

 

[CafeCordoba]

That is an article from Fcinternews, not from any real paper/reporter. Lautaro hasn't renewed his contract.

 

[brehme1989]

Lautaro has a gross salary of 2.8m which comes to a net salary of 1.5m.

Stop insisting on false reports.

If you also wish to claim that Lukaku for example does not make 9m, then stop using bonuses as part of the salary. Of which Lautaro definitely does not have anything that takes his salary over 2m anyway. He only has a small future sale % iirc which is also part of the Racing agreement so it doesn't affect his income from Inter.

 

[junior55]

Not sure what was written so far all i can say is that there is no room for drama here.

These claims that the club is somehow treating him unfairly are totally BS. The guy was completely unknown , came here at a top club , signed a fucking contract voluntarily (no one had a gun at his head) and 1 year later somehow is expecting to be paid 4/5 times what he signed for ?
Why ?? How come i can't expect such treatment on my job but somehow for a football player this is normal?

He has all the right to ask for more money but the club has also every right to deny such request or at least give him a moderate raise since he has performed well. Then if another club is willing to offer him more there is a fucking release clause and he can go. As simple as that.

Anything out of this scenario leading to the player starting to under perform willingly, create media troubles through his agent or his dad for that matter or starting to have ghost injuries like someone before would mean nothing less other than he is an unprofessional prick just like his predecessor.

 

[Il Drago]

Not sure what was written so far all i can say is that there is no room for drama here.

These claims that the club is somehow treating him unfairly are totally BS. The guy was completely unknown , came here at a top club , signed a fucking contract voluntarily (no one had a gun at his head) and 1 year later somehow is expecting to be paid 4/5 times what he signed for ?
Why ?? How come i can't expect such treatment on my job but somehow for a football player this is normal?

He has all the right to ask for more money but the club has also every right to deny such request or at least give him a moderate raise since he has performed well. Then if another club is willing to offer him more there is a fucking release clause and he can go. As simple as that.

Anything out of this scenario leading to the player starting to under perform willingly, create media troubles through his agent or his dad for that matter or starting to have ghost injuries like someone before would mean nothing less other than he is an unprofessional prick just like his predecessor.

I agree. I don't see any mistreatment from Inter. The guy has been a starter for just a year and he has 3 years left in his contract. We reportedly offered him more than 3x of his current wages but he rejected it. It's his right to do so but for me the offer was actually fair. Just because Barcelona have offered him 10m it doesn't mean right now he's worth it. Anyway, so far Lautaro is dealing with it professionally so no complaints from me about the player.

 

[brehme1989]

The argument is not whether he's being mistreated but whether or not he has cause to leave.

 

[CafeCordoba]

We offered less than 3x earlier, now during COVID19-times we might have offered 3x but that's like 4.5m€ net. Like I suggested earlier something like 5m€ + bonuses could be fair, 6m€ + bonuses could quite well do it.

But we need to also understand player's perspective. If he is really offered 10m€ + bonuses, sure as hell he's reject an offer which equals about half of that. On the other hand player also needs to understand the dynamics of this business and market. His value has risen drastically, he has 3-year long contract, he has a release clause in that contract so if a club comes in to offer him a massive contract the expectation is that the said club can pay that release clause to sign the player.

10m€ + bonuses is such a massive offer that Barcelona cannot hide behind financial problems. They don't have real financial problems if they can offer Lautaro such contract. Which is why I think this contract offer is a not real one which could be signed July 1st if they found 111m€ bill on the street. For crying out loud, they are asking their current players to cut their salaries even more for this year after the first cut.

I could also be wrong and it's only a problem for this fiscal year and from 1st July on, there's no problems for Barcelona. But somehow I find it hard to believe given their debt to Liverpool from Coutinho, Coutinho's salary when he returns etc.

 

[Bluenine]

This is pretty normal, happens at every club. When a player has a good season, his value increases and the wages negotiated before that season starts to look low. There is always a negotiation, the player and his agent will try to maximise their return, specially if there is strong interest from top clubs.

This is not new. Players like Martinez (and also Brozovic, Bastoni, etc) will need improved contracts. The negotiation is ongoing. However what is important is that so far everyone is behaving professionally. That is so good to see - a big difference from the past at Inter. Specially in Martinez case with the Barca dirty tricks department possibly doing their usual. Lautaro has so far behaved surprisingly professionally under the circumstances. I wonder if this is partly due to the example Inter set last summer...