With its sights set on the next season, Barcelona has already started planning its pass market. Although he maintains as a priority the hiring ofJulián Álvarez to reinforce the attack, the economic and sporting difficulties that would entail negotiating with Atlético de Madrid forced the Catalan club to evaluate other variants
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In this context, according to Spanish media, one of the names that gained strength in the list of possible additions to the Blaugrana team, especially due to the uncertain future of Robert Lewandoski, is that of Lautaro Martínez. According to Cadena SER, the culés have been following former Racing for a long time and were even close to joining it in the past. His great presence in Italy, where he continues to stand out as the leader of Inter Milan, keeps him among the main candidates to lead the culé attack next season
. Lautaro Martínez would be one of the alternatives to reinforce Barcelona's attack In
any case, a possible negotiation for him would not be easy either. The Bahian player, the current top scorer in Serie A with 16 points, has a contract with Inter until 2029 and his departure would require a very significant investment, similar to the one that would involve trying to
sign Julián Álvarez.
The former River continues to be Barcelona's main objective and in Spain they say that the club would be willing to offer close to 100 millioneuros to stay with the Atlético de Madrid striker. However, the operation appears complex due to the interest of other European giants such as PSG and Arsenal. To top it all off, the Madrid team has already rejected in the last market an offer close to 143 million dollars from the London team for the world champion, reflecting its importance within the sports project
. Julián Álvarez remains Barcelona's main objective
Meanwhile, in Catalonia, the name of the Brazilian João Pedro also emerged as an offensive alternative. However, the interest in the two Argentine strikers marks Barça's intention to bet heavily on a new benchmark for its attack in the
post-Lewandowski era.
The numbers of Lautaro Martínez at Inter Milan Since joining
NeroAzzurro in mid-2018, Toro played 26,037 minutes, spread over 371 games, in which he scored 173 goals and gave 54 assists. In terms of titles, he won 7:2Seria A (2020/21, 2023/24), 2 Italian Cups (2021/22 and 2022/23) and 3 Italian Super Cups (2021, 2022 and 2023)
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In the current season, the Argentinian played 2,475 minutes in 36 games, where he scored 20 goals and provided 4 assists. Despite being left out of the Champions League unusually against Bodo Glimt in the round of 16, he keeps his chances of winning awards alive this season: Coppa Italia (final against Lazio) and in Serie A (first 10 points behind the second with four dates to
