Martinez 'flattered' by means of Barcelona interest but has not asked to depart Inter - Marotta

Lautaro Martinez is "flattered" with links to Barcelona but has now not requested to leave Inter, consistent with Giuseppe Marotta.

The Argentina global has a launch clause of €111million and has been strongly tipped to join the LaLiga side in the next transfer window.

He has enjoyed an impressive campaign at San Siro, scoring 16 desires in 31 matches, and is also rumoured to be a goal for Real Madrid.

However, Inter CEO Marotta reiterated he is confident the membership can maintain keep of Martinez beyond the end of this season, with the ahead yet to install a request to transport elsewhere.

"Lautaro Martinez is the focal point of different clubs' attention within the switch market, all people knows this," he advised Sky Sport Italia.


"He has immense satisfactory and many groups who would love to negotiate with us for him.

"We don't have any aim of selling our satisfactory players, so if a player does now not express the preference to go away, then we'll maintain on tight.

"Lautaro is flattered with the aid of the attention of huge clubs, however he has by no means expressed the preference to go away. Never. I am very constructive that we'll see him gambling for us again subsequent season."

Former Inter goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi recommended this week Martinez's performances have been tormented by the ongoing speculation over his future.

The 22-year-vintage struggled to make an impact in last weekend's 1-1 draw with Napoli - a end result that saw Inter go out the Coppa Italia on the semi-final stage - but Marotta isn't always concerned.

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"There has been a lockdown for three months," Marotta said. "He have to be evaluated on what he's achieved all season, not just in the Coppa Italia semi-final."