With 114 goals in 251 appearances and five titles in as many seasons, the Lautaro Martines is one of the most important forms of its recent history Interbut things could be very different.
This was revealed by the sporting director of the Nerazzurri. Piero Ausiliowho mentioned in an interview the details of the transfer that had taken place 2018.
As he said, “It’s a special story. In fact, he was already an Atlético Madrid player. We took the plane to take a 1% risk, at the risk of becoming resiliatedbut it’s been four crazy days.
All that was left was one last deal between a player and Atlético, there was one clause which he did not want to enter and we did excellent teamwork.
Javier Zanetti fought it out with his agent and Diego Milito fell out with Racing Club’s very tough chairman.
Then came the disaster, scored three goals and won a penalty shootout in a match and we had to sit down again and pay more, but we did it.”
The transfer was finally completed on July 4, 2018, for a fee 25 million euros.
???? Inter director Ausilio: “I can reveal that Lautaro Martinez was already a new Atletico Madrid player in 2018”.
“There was just a small clause missing between Racing and Atleti. Both Zanetti and Milito both helped us… I decided to fly to Argentina and we hijacked the deal”. pic.twitter.com/KtfXvquhGw
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 1, 2023
Source: Sport Fm
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