Lautaro Martinez

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Wasn't Lautaro pushing for Barcelona move couple of years ago? I don't recall Skriniar, Barella or Bastoni ever entertaining a move to a different clubs. So I don't blame others when they don't really think of him as a true Interista.

But my reasons for selling him are simple. He can bring the most money in, which means we can get the 60m requited plus additional funds to move in the mercato. Also finding a quality striker shouldn't be that hard imo to replace him.
 

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From what I recall he or his agent said it was his dream to play with Messi at Barcelona and that he was close to joining them but Barcelona financial troubles stopped that.

You asked if Lautaro was pushing for a move to Barcelona. He was not.

Barcelona was interested, Inter was listening and Lautaro talked with them. Completely different picture.

On the other hand, you had Lukaku who was indeed pushing for a move to Chelsea as highlighted by every source possible, from himself, his agent, our management, Chelsea, both club managers and (eventually) all media outlets.
Whereas with Hakimi all you had was that the management pushed him to a transfer and he had to choose between PSG and Chelsea.


Skriniar was consistently pushed to the exit but refused to leave. Since Lautaro has not left, I would assume it leaves room to consider that he also did not want to leave.

Bastoni is put in the same position now and refused to leave.

It's easier to be Skriniar and Bastoni and reject Tottenham, a completely 'vanilla' club, with no bearing in the world of football and no kid ever saying "I want to grow up and play for Tottenham" and completely different to refuse a club like Barcelona, especially when Messi is around, even more especially for an Argentine. So let's not be unfair to Lautaro.

But let's also remember that these guys are playing for Inter, not Atalanta... Inter alone is on top of someone's list for "dream of playing there". Only a club like Real Madrid tops that.
 

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...Also finding a quality striker shouldn't be that hard imo to replace him.
Who are all those strikers who guarantees 20+ goals that Inter can easily replace Lautaro with? (who are within Inters financial restrictions).

Objectively Lautaros impact as a 20+ goals striker is higher than either of the defenders.

Selling Lautaro and getting some mediocre stopgap solution to replace him, will lower the overall quality of the team more than doing the same with either Bastoni or Skriniar, thats just football. Inter cannot realistically aim to compete without a 20+ goal forward, in the defense department there is IMO more room to juggle with the quality, not to mention cheaper solution arent as poor. On average there is certainly a higher difference in quality between 80m forward compared to a 40m forward, than there is a to a 60m CB to a 30m CB.
 

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Who are all those strikers who guarantees 20+ goals that Inter can easily replace Lautaro with? (who are within Inters financial restrictions).

Objectively Lautaros impact as a 20+ goals striker is higher than either of the defenders.

Selling Lautaro and getting some mediocre stopgap solution to replace him, will lower the overall quality of the team more than doing the same with either Bastoni or Skriniar, thats just football. Inter cannot realistically aim to compete without a 20+ goal forward, in the defense department there is IMO more room to juggle with the quality, not to mention cheaper solution arent as poor. On average there is certainly a higher difference in quality between 80m forward compared to a 40m forward, than there is a to a 60m CB to a 30m CB.
It's true. But if Marotta and co can arrange Lukaku on loan, the situation is completely changed. Then we'll have two good starters - Dybala and Lukaku, and we can sacrifice Lautaro in order to keep Bastoni here. For me, this is the best scenario, unless the management menages somehow to achieve the targets set by Suning without to sell a core player.
 

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Lukaku is miles better than Lautaro, Lautaro will never reach his level. Take the money and run.

Let me make it clear I love Lautaros passion.. a true interista but that’s not enough given our financial situation and the other players in question of being sold.
 

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Lukaku is miles better than Lautaro, Lautaro will never reach his level. Take the money and run.

Let me make it clear I love Lautaros passion.. a true interista but that’s not enough given our financial situation and the other players in question of being sold.
Then how come he messed up at Chelsea again, home enviroment, big contract, big salary.
 

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If anybody was offering 150mil for Lautaro, obviously you say yes and never look back. But I don't want to sell him for 50mil and use half of that to spend on Zapata.
 

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Not being a hater but only way Argentina win the World Cup is if Germany, Brazil get eliminated before they meet up.

Brazil is just way way too strong.
Germany? Have you watched Germany recently? They have a talented squad but they lack the most important thing, a forward to score goals. They're certainly not one of the favorites.
 

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You asked if Lautaro was pushing for a move to Barcelona. He was not.

Barcelona was interested, Inter was listening and Lautaro talked with them. Completely different picture.

On the other hand, you had Lukaku who was indeed pushing for a move to Chelsea as highlighted by every source possible, from himself, his agent, our management, Chelsea, both club managers and (eventually) all media outlets.
Whereas with Hakimi all you had was that the management pushed him to a transfer and he had to choose between PSG and Chelsea.


Skriniar was consistently pushed to the exit but refused to leave. Since Lautaro has not left, I would assume it leaves room to consider that he also did not want to leave.

Bastoni is put in the same position now and refused to leave.

It's easier to be Skriniar and Bastoni and reject Tottenham, a completely 'vanilla' club, with no bearing in the world of football and no kid ever saying "I want to grow up and play for Tottenham" and completely different to refuse a club like Barcelona, especially when Messi is around, even more especially for an Argentine. So let's not be unfair to Lautaro.

But let's also remember that these guys are playing for Inter, not Atalanta... Inter alone is on top of someone's list for "dream of playing there". Only a club like Real Madrid tops that.
What is your source for a claims that our managment pushed Hakimi out and tried to push Skriniar out of Inter? I just can’t find any source or comment or anything that imply to that?

I believe our managment/owner was eager to sell Hakimi cause they needed the cash, but I don’t think PSG needed to do much to convince Hakimi to join them last summer or our managment needed to ”push” Hakimi out of Inter to join PSG?

-He got salary of €10m, a double what he had at Inter.

-They had better team than us with Mbappe, Neymar, got Messi, Donnarumma, Ramos…

-Conte left and our ”project” seemed like it was collapsing with financial difficulties?

-Paris is a nice city and many Maroccans speaks French, so easy transition…

-Hakimi is publicly said he supports Real Madrid and it’s his dream move, he was only one year with us, so I don’t think he had that deep feelings towards us as people think?

I only find these kinds of interviews…

"I feel a great sense of pride today'" Hakimi said in press release from the club. "After Spain, Germany and Italy, PSG offers me the chance to discover a new championship with one of the most prestigious clubs in the world. I cannot wait to meet my new teammates, the fans and experience the incredible color and passion inside the Parc des Princes. I share the same big ambitions as the coaching staff and my teammates and will do everything I can to deliver what is expected of me."


As for Skriniar I also don’t find anything to what imply to that our managmend pushed him out?

Am I leaving Inter? I have no information regarding that. I still have a three year contract with the club, I have an agreement with Inter and I am a player at the club,” he stressed.

Nobody at Inter has told me they don’t want me. Conte still wants me in Milan. It is not easy for him to choose who to play among the 30 players available to him.

“Of course, he doesn’t make choices to hurt anyone. He chooses for the good of the team and I have no reason to leave Inter. They still want me and I’ve always been involved in training. I’m the same player as always
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This was Skriniar interview from 2020 when he had interest on Spurs and ManUtd.

You know that managment have to inform player/agent if they get on offer and then they will have a discussion what player thinks/wants and what club thinks/needs? If you have any other information to your claims, pleace share with us?
 

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It's common knowledge throughout the years we tried to sell Skriniar.

As for Lautaro, it wasn't like he refused Barcelona. Covid did that. Barcelona got into financial troubles and they couldn't afford him anymore in 2020. Inter and Barcelona had preliminary agreement over the sale, probably not a set figure decided but anyway general agreement.

edit. Gotta add that back then Lautaro was still making like 2.5m€. Rumors were Barcelona was offering TEN MILLION net to him (before COVID). So it's really not like we should expect players to turn down such contract offers to stay at Inter when Inter is ready to play ball with the buyer candidate.
 
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Even without any proof?

Same common knowledge when people here said our managment forced Lukaku to Chelsea?

I rather trust what information I can gather like what Skriniar actually say than FIF ”common knowledge”?

Am I leaving Inter? I have no information regarding that. I still have a three year contract with the club, I have an agreement with Inter and I am a player at the club,” he stressed.

Nobody at Inter has told me they don’t want me. Conte still wants me in Milan. It is not easy for him to choose who to play among the 30 players available to him.

“Of course, he doesn’t make choices to hurt anyone. He chooses for the good of the team and I have no reason to leave Inter. They still want me and I’ve always been involved in training. I’m the same player as always
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I really hope people here arent in the stock market and trust common knowledge or just ”how they feel” and ignore all the proof/facts?

I usually try to find information straight from the root like in this case Skriniar own words/thoughts what happend? I guess his words don’t count in this case?
 

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I find this from december 2021.

Lautaro Martínez has revealed that Lionel Messi tried to convince him to join FC Barcelona when the latter was the Catalan giants’ captain. Martínez remains at the club he was at at the time, Inter Milan.

The two know each other well from their time in the Argentine national team. For a few transfer windows, Martínez was Barcelona’s #1 transfer target, although they could never quite convince Inter to let him go.

In those days, Messi would phone up his compatriot and try to see if he would be joining him at club level too.

“He would ask me about my situation at Inter, but I would tell him I was staying.” Martínez said.

Last month, the striker renewed his deal with Inter until 2026.

He said staying was the right choice and he was happy staying in the city of Milan.
 

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I really hope people here arent in the stock market and trust common knowledge or just ”how they feel” and ignore all the proof/facts?

I usually try to find information straight from the root like in this case Skriniar own words/thoughts what happend? I guess his words don’t count in this case?
Take it easy man.

There have been multiple rumors over different transfer windows how Inter have been selling Skriniar. We're not gonna dig those up.
 

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Then how come he messed up at Chelsea again, home enviroment, big contract, big salary.
No Conte, no Pintus, different system, that interview he gave that pissed off all the fans and that caused his motivation to drop?

Lukaku seem to be very emonational guy and need lots of attention and care…

I would stay away from him and not just cause bad economics (witch are insane), but because of this! We are a different team now that he left and it’s just too big risk us to take with our current state!

He might be awsome under Inzaghi, but he also might be fucking expensive flop?

He has all the tools to be the best striker in Serie A and lot better than Lautaro can even ever dream, but with those figures and that age in our current state. No thanks!

If it’s free loan without obligation… then yes!
 
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Take it easy man.

There have been multiple rumors over different transfer windows how Inter have been selling Skriniar. We're not gonna dig those up.
No worries mate!

I just predicted that something like ”it’s common knowledge” was coming and we have a lot of that in here :lol: Even when the actual proof is saying different?

As I earlier wrote club has to inform players if they get a offer and then they discuss what they want to do? I think maybe our managment was open to selling him if Skriniar would have wanted to go, but he did not and that is not pushing a player out of the club. Do you agree or not?

I read multiple rummours of many things every day, that don’t mean they are true?

I just think this Skriniar ”common knowledge” is BS? Why is he still here and why does Skriniar say opposite things than FIF common knowledge says?

I put his own words here once again if you or others any change miss it?

Nobody at Inter has told me they don’t want me. Conte still wants me in Milan.
 
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