Lautaro Martinez

[CafeCordoba]

Selling one Lautaro and smartly investing the money could actually be the shot in the arm we need to be a top team.

Of course we could also go the Spurs route and buy flops. It’s certainly a risk but I believe in our management and coach more than I have since Mourinho left.

In some other summer I'd agree but now as the situation is like...

The only problem with selling Lautaro is that it's not a great market for strikers right now.
Werner would have been the natural choice, but it's not happening. Mertens will renew with Napoli. Cavani could be useful, but it's an expensive short term solution and he looks Atleti bound.
The only striker available I'd even take a second look at is Aubameyang, who is 30

...this, it's not a good situation in the market striker-wise.

IMO Cavani is the best shot, short-term gap so we can have time to look for the best option next summer or summer after that.

We've nurtured Lautaro for almost 2 years now in Serie A. There is not Serie A -proven young strikers out there.

Who would you take over Aubameyang? A realistic option. Don't tell me Sancho, Havertz etc.

I am not very fond of Aubameyang but I don't see anyone better we can realistically get. The best option for us is keeping Lautaro.

Cavani

 

[Sokrates]

Who would you take over Aubameyang? A realistic option. Don't tell me Sancho, Havertz etc.

I am not very fond of Aubameyang but I don't see anyone better we can realistically get. The best option for us is keeping Lautaro.

Belotti for example, his price is definitely high but he's damn good in my opinion.

 

[DARi0]

Telles wasn't ours to begin with.
Ronaldo was different, he has issues with the coach.

We had a very decent option to buy Telles, which Ausilio decided to negotiate for 1-2m difference and it all fell apart with Galatasaray. Now watch him play for Chelsea/P$G for more than triple. We are yet to see who the management will find to better fit our LWB requirements for that kind of money.
He was talking about Rolando, not Ronaldo

» back on topic, Marotta latest:
“Lautaro represents an important point of reference for the Inter team, we don’t need to sell him,” he added.

“There’s a €111m release clause that expires on July 7. That’s the only tool to reach a sale.

“The player can wait and develop with Inter. We will meet him, we must make him understand that such a possibility can re-occur in the future, when he is more ready.”

I don`t think he can state the club`s intentions and interests any clearer than this, well done. This will force their hands to actually pay closer to what has been demanded.

FCInterNews.it point solely to left-back Firpo, who turns 24 later this summer and was purchased from Real Betis for €18m last year. Firpo has made only 17 competitive appearances for Barcelona this season, contributing one goal and one assist.

The issue is that while Barcelona value Firpo at €30m, Inter consider his status far closer to €20m.

It’s believed a deal could be done for Lautaro Martinez for €90m cash plus Junior Firpo, whereas Barcelona are currently offering €75m and the Spaniard of Dominican descent.

If Barca cannot afford Lautaro [despite charming with huge contract], they can actually start saving NOW for next year or the year after that. But reading Marotta on the issue, it seems that Barcelona will eventually give in this summer.

"I don’t know what Barcelona think, maybe they will also have alternatives but I hope they do not pay the clause. In the event of a farewell, a great player will come in to replace Lautaro. As I said before, if Lautaro goes, a top player will arrive. In the upcoming market, at European level, the real difficulty will not be having to buy, but being able to sell." - Marotta

 

[CafeCordoba]

Yes, that is a good statement by Marotta. Ausilio and Marotta have bot now put Inter's position out in the open and also the credibility of the club at state with their public statements. That's why I have bigger belief now that we handle this correctly. There was a clear message to Lautaro's agent also. Meaningless to do any agreements because it's very easy for Inter management to lean on the release clause figure. If big money is offered, it should be easy for the buyer to come in and pay the clause then. Oh no? Well, tough luck.

Release clause is there for a reason and until that is activated, Lautaro remains an Inter player. New contract talk comes in discussion after the release clause period ends, pretty sure about that.

 

[Lui]

I dont think we necesserily need a superstar striker to replace Lautaro. We need a chump to pop in 15 goals.

But in an ideal world, Lautaro stays and actually improves with the inclusion of eriksen.

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[Sokrates]

If big money is offered, it should be easy for the buyer to come in and pay the clause then. Oh no? Well, tough luck.

Release clause is there for a reason and until that is activated

Right, even Barcelona has release clause in every contract, every youth player has more than 150-200 millions there.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Yeah, that's required by law in Spain.

 

[InterFCAustin]

Is there a definitive answer of how/when the summer transfers going to go through, and players actually joining their new team?

 

[nurko]

Is there a definitive answer of how/when the summer transfers going to go through, and players actually joining their new team?

Players join their new team during the new team's transfer window. For Italian clubs it's going to be 01.09. - 05.10. if I am not mistaken.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Transfer window opens in the 1st of September and runs to 5th of October. Current contracts which end at the end of June needs to be re-negotiated to continue till the end of this season. Loans included so we must negotiate with United that Alexis can stay with us for (at least) July and August.

Basically players can join the team at the 1st of July (like Kulusevski to Juve), but they cannot be registered until September so they can't play for their new teams in the summer.

How this relates to Lautaro? His release clause is active through 1st of July to 7th of July so if Barcelona comes in and pays that, he cannot play for them before Spanish transfer window opens. Would be a fucking shock for Inter if Lautaro left in middle of this hectic schedule (given we are still playing and season is not halted).

 

[InterFCAustin]

So does this mean we have to wait until September to make Tonali official? That’s If we sign him, or any other player?

 

[Hasan]

I guess it’s the same like for Lautaro, he will leave Brescia but we won’t be able to register him until September.

 

[Il Drago]

Spanish Media Claim Barcelona Cool Interest In Inter’s Lautaro Martinez

Barcelona have slowed down in their pursuit of Lautaro Martinez according to a report from Spanish football journalist*Francesc Aguilar, who works for Spanish news outlet Mundo Deportivo.

The Blaugrana club have cooled their interest in signing the 22-year-old Argentine national team striker due to the fact they are discreetly working on a deal to bring Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar back to the club.

Aguilar states that Barcelona are in no hurry to finalise a move due to the fact the transfer window looks like it will be open until October.

He also states that Barcelona do however need to raise funds to balance their books ahead of the transfer window opening and hope that they can convince some players to depart the club in the coming months.

With Barcelona seemingly now focused on signing Neymar, it remains to be seen what this means for their pursuit of Lautaro as a whole.

 

[CafeCordoba]

So does this mean we have to wait until September to make Tonali official? That’s If we sign him, or any other player?

Basically yes. Same as in normal year, nothing happens in June despite football season is over. Now it's August, except there might be euro cup matches if COVID19 doesn't fuck up thing again with a second wave or something.

 

[YoramG]

So they don't have the money for Lautaro, but 200m odd for Neymar is easy?

 

[CafeCordoba]

No, they don't have money for Neymar either.

It's just Spanish press inventing stories. Those are rumors from inside the club how somehow would want Lautaro, someone would want Neymar. Barcelona is a strange structure, there are over 10 directors managing the club and taking part in decision making. That's part of the reason why the acquisition policy has been such a mess in recent years.

Anyway, at the moment they don't have the funds for neither one.

 

[SiamoNoi]

All this silly stories about Lautaro and Barcelona are boring.They don't have money for him and there is less than a 1% chance that he will end up there.

 

[Nero Indigo]

It's ridiculous, and the most ridiculous part of this whole saga is Barcelona. Every member of their organisation, along with their grandmothers, have been talking about Lautaro like a wet dream when they're in the fucking red. Show the money or fuck off.

 

[Il Drago]

It's ridiculous, and the most ridiculous part of this whole saga is Barcelona. Every member of their organisation, along with their grandmothers, have been talking about Lautaro like a wet dream when they're in the fucking red. Show the money or fuck off.

They're hoping once release clause expires Inter will have to lower their demands. Good luck with that. Inter have no reason to lower their demands and nothing indicates so far Lautaro is going to force a move.

 

[Adriano]

They're hoping once release clause expires Inter will have to lower their demands. Good luck with that. Inter have no reason to lower their demands and nothing indicates so far Lautaro is going to force a move.

for now, but messi and the rest are gonna be in his head nonstop, and they will turn him against us possibly, he might start acting out of character