DBasia.news – Barcelona are increasingly struggling to bring in Lautaro Martinez from Inter Milan in the transfer market this summer, according to news from Marca. The Argentine striker was indeed one of Barcelona’s target at the beginning of next season.
Lautaro was considered to be the right person to be the successor to Luis Suarez who is aging. Suarez’s contract, which will expire at the end of next season, forced Barcelona to immediately look for a new, younger striker. Luis Suarez also supports Barcelona’s plans to buy Lautaro from Inter in the transfer market this summer.
That is because according to Suarez, Lautaro still needs time to adjust to Barcelona and the Spanish League. Suarez also plans to help Lautaro before he leaves Barcelona at the end of next season. For that reason, bringing Lautaro is Barcelona’s top priority in the transfer market this time.
Barcelona’s desire to buy Lautaro was supported by their captain, Lionel Messi. The two players have also played together in the Argentine national team before.
However, Barcelona’s desire to buy Lautaro is still hampered by the high price of the striker. Inter as the owner of Lautaro has repeatedly emphasized that they have no desire to release the 22-year-old striker.
Antonio Conte’s team feel Lautaro is an important part of Inter’s squad for the next few seasons. Therefore releasing Lautaro will certainly make Inter’s squad even weaker.
That is why Inter Milan Sports Director said that the only way to buy Lautaro is to pay the 111 million euro release clause.
This value makes Barcelona in an unprofitable position at this time. Previously, Barcelona was still confident in bringing Lautaro Martinez.
That was because they were willing to sell a number of players in order to get fresh funds to buy that number 10 striker. However, the current situation is getting more complicated after Real Madrid and Manchester United are also reportedly interested in buying Lautaro.
Barcelona did not have much time to complete Lautaro’s move from Inter. The reason is that the Lautaro release clause can only be activated until early July. If it passes that date, Barcelona must negotiate with Inter Milan to buy Lautaro.