Lautaro Martinez

[SCUMmucs]

This guy reminds me of richy tbh

 

[Ghost Hardware]

This guy reminds me of richy tbh

He’s significantly better than Richy.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

I think some people need to realise that Lautaro is probably the 7th or 8th best striker in the world currently. Maybe even higher. I’m not sure if it’s because some haven’t watched him extensively or because we’ve been spoiled by having Kane. Maybe it’s a bit of both. Richy will never be one of the best in the world. He just doesn’t have the ability. There is a huge gulf in quality between Lautaro and Richy. Yes it’s true that Lautaro will probably never get into the top 5 but that’s hardly a bad thing. Also it’s not as if he’s peaked yet, he’s still getting better. Plus he’s a leader (he’s inter’s captain) and that is also a fantastic quality to have in your CF. Having any top 10 striker would be incredible for us and we really shouldn’t be dismissive of the idea.

Even tho it won’t happen we would be incredibly lucky to bring in a CF of Lautaro or Dusan’s (if he was past his injuries that is) quality. It really is the best we could hope for all things considered.

 

[yido_number1]

I think some people need to realise that Lautaro is probably the 7th or 8th best striker in the world currently. Maybe even higher. I’m not sure if it’s because some haven’t watched him extensively or because we’ve been spoiled by having Kane. Maybe it’s a bit of both. Richy will never be one of the best in the world. He just doesn’t have the ability. There is a huge gulf in quality between Lautaro and Richy. Yes it’s true that Lautaro will probably never get into the top 5 but that’s hardly a bad thing. Also it’s not as if he’s peaked yet, he’s still getting better. Plus he’s a leader (he’s inter’s captain) and that is also a fantastic quality to have in your CF. Having any top 10 striker would be incredible for us and we really shouldn’t be dismissive of the idea.

Even tho it won’t happen we would be incredibly lucky to bring in a CF of Lautaro or Dusan’s (if he was past his injuries that is) quality. It really is the best we could hope for all things considered.

I think most of us have only seen him in the world cup when he was pretty woeful.

Other than that I've only seen him as a second striker and that's not us right now.

From just yesterday we need some one that can play both with back to goal and breaking the lines. We also need someone that can spray the ball around. Richy had a 2 minute spell where he started doing that and then got subbed.

 

[Albertbarich]

Whether he's amazing or overated there is more chance of me pulling Margot Robbie than this happening.

 

[spursfan77]

I think some people need to realise that Lautaro is probably the 7th or 8th best striker in the world currently. Maybe even higher. I’m not sure if it’s because some haven’t watched him extensively or because we’ve been spoiled by having Kane. Maybe it’s a bit of both. Richy will never be one of the best in the world. He just doesn’t have the ability. There is a huge gulf in quality between Lautaro and Richy. Yes it’s true that Lautaro will probably never get into the top 5 but that’s hardly a bad thing. Also it’s not as if he’s peaked yet, he’s still getting better. Plus he’s a leader (he’s inter’s captain) and that is also a fantastic quality to have in your CF. Having any top 10 striker would be incredible for us and we really shouldn’t be dismissive of the idea.

Even tho it won’t happen we would be incredibly lucky to bring in a CF of Lautaro or Dusan’s (if he was past his injuries that is) quality. It really is the best we could hope for all things considered.

I think it is just every time I have watched him he seems to miss good chances. I'd rather Vlahovic of the two. Not that we will sign either of course.

 

[Joely]

Chances of Martinez are pretty much zilch imo. Looking around, I'm not too sure there are too many obvious candidates when it comes to more established kind of names.

Sounds as though Muani is off to PSG. Vlahovic feels like one where Juve may well deal but with these injury concerns hanging over him, don't know if its something we'd be prepared to take a risk on. Outside that, Toney has shown he can do it in the league but that would be one for January at the earliest and even then it's a difficult window do deal in and Brentford are likely to play hardball and demand a premium.

Also have Jonathan David who looks to have a good record at Lille but really don't know too much about him or whether he'd be someone suited to the system and to be honest a bit vary of paying big money for someone from the French league. Saying that, did like the look of Openda but he's gone to Leipzig for not crazy money. Then obviously it's the likes of Orban who will cost less but comes with the risk as to whether they can make the jump up.

Not the easiest of positions to fill and I can't see us committing big money as not sure there's a stand out option that is what I'd say is gettable and doesn't have question marks over them. Think someone in the Orban mould is probably what they'll end up going with with the hope between him and Richarlison they can do a job although obviously they'll me massive questions marks over whether they can do that or not.

 

[BAE]

He’s significantly better than Richy.

So much better they're almost incomparable.

 

[Huddlebone]

Honestly 40-45m euro + Richy would be a great deal for both parties.

 

[cruise 99]

Whether he's amazing or overated there is more chance of me pulling Margot Robbie than this happening.

Do you want her number?

 

[kremlyn]

Has there been a link to him in the last 6 months?

 

[HildoSpur]

Honestly 40-45m euro + Richy would be a great deal for both parties.

That's way too much

 

[Huddlebone]

That's way too much

If hojlund is woth 88m Euro there is no way Lautaro is below that and Richy is not even worth 40+ at this stage. I would say that is a fair pricing or even at bit low, because of Inters dependence on Lautaro.

 

[HildoSpur]

If hojlund is woth 88m Euro there is no way Lautaro is below that and Richy is not even worth 40+ at this stage. I would say that is a fair pricing or even at bit low, because of Inters dependence on Lautaro.

We would value Richy at 60 million minimum especially following his very high profile goals at the world cup

 

[SCUMmucs]

He’s significantly better than Richy.

Based on the games I’ve watched he seems identical with a tad bit more pace and hits the ball hard.

but his finishing considering he’s played forever as a number 9 isn’t great. He’s let inter down many times and if it wasn’t for Lukaku that one season causing havoc he would have continued to be a richy imo.

I’d like to hear why you think he’s better?

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Based on the games I’ve watched he seems identical with a tad bit more pace and hits the ball hard.

but his finishing considering he’s played forever as a number 9 isn’t great. He’s let inter down many times and if it wasn’t for Lukaku that one season causing havoc he would have continued to be a richy imo.

I’d like to hear why you think he’s better?

Tbh I’m just going to quote myself from a few days ago as otherwise I’d end up reiterating what I’ve said previously. But I’m curious how many times you’ve seen full matches of his specifically in Seria A to come to that conclusion? As someone who has seen him live at the San Siro on a number of occasions I just personally think he’s on an entirely different level to Richy. But that is my opinion and I’m by no means a professional football scout.

I’m a massive fan of his and have watched probably 70-80% of his games for Inter as they are the other club I follow. His numbers are incredibly consistent, he’s a big game player, a fighter, fantastic in the air even tho he’s short, is excellent at finding space in the box and is just a better all round player than Richy. He was nicknamed El Toro, the bull, because of how aggressively he plays. He is just in your face constantly which again sometimes results in him forcing things but he will also run defensives ragged. Is he Haaland or Osimhen level, no, his finishing can be erratic at times even tho he has the technique and he needs good technical players alongside him. He really suffers when he’s isolated. I’ve always felt with him if he just worked on finessing his skills he’d be an absolute beast but as is he’s just a tad rough around the edges. But like I said, his numbers are incredibly consistent and his all round play is getting better each year. He will also push himself and the team until the final whistle. If you’re looking for a player to lead a press from the top he’d be a great pick. Really he is about as best an established target we could hope for in regards to CF. Dusan is a better natural finisher then him but with his injuries I have big concerns. The caveat being, and this would go for Dusan, Orban, Leonardo or any of the other strikers I’ve seen mentioned, he’d need much better support from the wings.

Which sort of brings up another point, I’d take Lautaro in a heart beat. I think I even said back when we appointed Ange that he’d be a perfect striker for him even if he isn’t, and probably never will be, a top 4/5 striker in the world. BUT if we were going to splash the cash on just one player I’d rather it be a WF then a CF. I think ultimately I’d prefer a Lautaro quality striker but I think an Orban and then spending £50/60 mil on a really talented WF would be the better option. In an ideal world I’d get Lautaro, a top wide player and Orban (and maybe sell Richy) but that’s never, ever going to happen.

TBH tho the argument is moot as we aren’t going to be buying Lautaro or Dusan or Eze or Chiesa or any other player that would take a hefty chunk and a commitment from Levy to get it done without fucking around trying to squeeze every penny out of the deal.

 

[SCUMmucs]

Tbh I’m just going to quote myself from a few days ago as otherwise I’d end up reiterating what I’ve said previously. But I’m curious how many times you’ve seen full matches of his specifically in Seria A to come to that conclusion? As someone who has seen him live at the San Siro on a number of occasions I just personally think he’s on an entirely different level to Richy. But that is my opinion and I’m by no means a professional football scout.

Having read your reasoning I think we are pretty much in agreement of how Lautaro plays.
In my eyes though this all sounds very much like richy which was my point rather than to belittle Lautaro.

probably seen less games than you but I have seen a minimum of at least 5/6 games a season for the last 3 years.

I feel like the issue we are seeing is the attackers still getting used to each other in this system. Don’t think we’d see much change with Lautaro coming in tbh.

like you, id rather a winger especially RW.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Hes a good striker getting better every season, he's also very busy he's everywhere gives defenders no rest

Anyway I think he loves it in Milan

 

[Chris Flynn]

Totally overrated imo. If he had a crap hair do and was pale nobody would notice the guy

1 in 2 striker in Serie A for three season in a row. But its his hair

 

[RobjDerby]

Have we actually had any proper links to him this summer? Can’t remember any…