Racing: 'Martinez to Inter next week'

By Football Italia staff

Racing Club President Victor Blanco confirms “next week we’ll finalise the sale of Lautaro Martinez” to Inter. “We’re all very happy.”

The Nerazzurri are in advanced negotiations for the 20-year-old striker, mainly because he has rejected all other interest from the likes of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

You can read our exclusive interview with Argentine football expert Sam Kelly on what to expect from the forward.

“Next week we’ll try to finalise the remaining details and conclude the sale of Lautaro Martinez,” President Blanco told La Oral Deportiva and Radio La Red.

“We have not yet defined his price-tag. The offer we have today is $22m (€17.9m), that is what we informed Valencia of, as they have the priority. The idea is to close the sale after Carnival season.”

It’s reported Inter will pay €22m (including taxes and bonuses) plus a 10 per cent cut of any future sale.

“Whether or not he remains with us until December doesn’t just depend on Racing, so we’ll see in June. We are all very happy, the negotiations are at a very advanced stage.

“Now we’ll take a break, because we have to speak to Bahia Blanca representatives to define the missing details. We want to do things right.

“The fact he is one of the most expensive players in Argentina is down to the player, his family and his agent. The negotiations were intense, it took a while, but now we are very happy. It makes us proud that our players can go on to such important clubs around the world.”

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