Inter director of sport Piero Ausilio assures there is “absolutely no rush” to discuss improving Lautaro Martinez’s contract.
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Argentina international Lautaro Martinez is rested on the bench after his sensational hat-trick against Mexico, which caught the eye of Barcelona.
Romelu Lukaku believes Inter are the team he ‘needs’ after confessing he ‘didn’t want to be’ at Manchester United any longer.
Lukaku has slotted straight into Inter’s attack following his €75m arrival from United, the striker a long-time target for Coach Antonio Conte.
“The first Final of any kind I can remember watching. You never lose that,” he told ESPN, referring to the Nerazzurri’s 3-0 win against Schalke in the 1998 UEFA Cup Final.
Lautaro Martinez’s agent insists he was ‘misinterpreted’ about Barcelona as the striker wants to stay at Inter and ‘win lots of important things’.
Inter striker Lautaro Martinez can’t stop scoring with Argentina and his agent confessed “it’d be wonderful to see him play with Leo Messi at Barcelona.”
El Toro bagged a hat-trick against Mexico, meaning he now has a remarkable 12 goals in 14 senior caps.
“It’d be wonderful to see him play with Leo Messi at Barcelona,” agent Beto Yaque told TyC Sports.
Inter striker Lautaro Martinez has become the first Argentina player to score three goals against Mexico since 1930.
Martinez took just 16 minutes to bag a first-half hat-trick as Argentina thrashed Mexico 4-0 on Tuesday evening.
With that, the 22-year-old made history as the first player to accomplish such a feat since since former Napoli and Genoa attacker Guillermo Stabile in 1930.
However, he was replaced by Juventus forward Paulo Dybala at half-time.
Lautaro Martinez reveals new Inter strike partner Romelu Lukaku has already surprised him with his ‘sheer stature’.
Lukaku has made an instant impact for Inter, scoring two goals in his first two Serie A appearances and already forming a partnership with Martinez in attack.
“He immediately adapted to the Coach’s ideas and the team’s style of play,” continued the 22-year-old to TyC Sports.
Lautaro Martinez is “surprised by just how much playing time” he’s getting for Argentina and confirms Mauro Icardi “had hoped to stay at Inter.”
The 22-year-old striker has become a regular at international level, scoring six goals in 12 senior caps.
“I am happy to be here, especially as many of the squad were also my teammates during the Copa America,” El Toro told Tyc Sports.
Paulo Dybala, Lautaro Martinez, Rodrigo de Paul and Joaquin Correa all played for Argentina but could not find the breakthrough against Chile.
Lionel Scaloni named a Serie A-heavy XI on Thursday evening, with Dybala, Martinez and Correa lining up in a front three and De Paul playing central midfield.
Despite the array of attacking talent on show, the Albiceleste failed to break down a resilient Chilean side captained by Inter new boy Alexis Sanchez.
Inter's deal with Manchester United for Alexis Sanchez is zero-risk and with potentially massive benefits, writes Football Italia Chief Correspondent Richard Hall.
"Alexis Sanchez to Inter is a gamble that both parties could win comfortably.” These were the words of Udinese legend and former team-mate of Alexis Sanchez, Antonio Di Natale. The former Azzurri hitman had a point, when you analyse the terms that will see the Chilean arrive in Milan, one has to think it is a steal. The agreement is a risk-free one for Antonio Conte and could, in turn, see the rebirth of a superlative talent that could light up Serie A.
Napoli are tailor-made for a clinical finisher like Mauro Icardi and all roads lead to the San Paolo, but Giancarlo Rinaldi fears he’ll waste this too.
As a failed former striker of mediocre repute, there are few things I find more frustrating than watching talent go to waste. Most of us - spectators, supporters or scribes - have harboured some dreams of swapping places with the stars who set foot on the fields of Serie A, La Liga or the Premiership. To watch gifts like those given to Mauro Icardi being apparently frittered away has the horrible feeling of seeing your best bottle of Barolo going glug-glug-glugging down the drain.
