Arsenal are among several sides keeping tabs on Lautaro Martínez’s situation at Inter Milan.
The striker has 16 goals and two assists in all competitions and only three goals came in the league [a hat-trick against Salernitana] in this calendar year. The €111m release clause was dissolved when he signed an extension last October.
Calciomercato.it explain he ‘does not smile and does not score anymore’. Therefore, ‘it is legitimate to ask questions’ over his future at the San Siro beyond this season. There are no shortage of suitors for the 24-year-old and from England, there is the north London club.
Mikel Arteta’s side and Manchester United are the two Premier League sides ‘following the situation to understand how things will evolve’ between the player and the Serie A side.
Regarding Martínez’s position at Inter, the website states he is ‘objectively no longer at the centre of the project in a position of clear pre-eminence compared to the other forwards’.
It’s clear the pre-renewal clause of €111m is a ‘figure that is no longer conceivable’. Based on the current market conditions and the South American’s dip in form, a fee of €70m seems ‘more reasonable to intercept’, preferably to a club outside Italy.
Calciomercato.it end the report by stating: ‘This is the framework in which to move on the Lautaro-Inter front. The spotlights stay on.’
Whether Arsenal would be willing to part with €70m remains to be seen.
