In what seems to be an endless production line of amazing attacking players coming out of Argentina, the latest is 21-year old Lautaro Martinez.

Martinez followed in his father’s footsteps coming through the youth ranks at his hometown team, Liniers before signing for Racing Club, one of the ‘Big Five’ clubs in Argentina before he had made a senior appearance. Just 60 appearances later and with a 1 in 2 goalscoring record, the young Argentine was on a flight to Italy to sign with Inter Milan for the sum of €22.7 million pounds.

Prior to signing with Inter, Martinez had been at the centre of a war between Real and Atletico Madrid, not that those two need anything to fight about, he had been subject to offers from both clubs before signing his 5 year deal with the Italians.

Just how good is Martinez? Described in the Argentine media as “a cross between Aguero and Higuain”, the youngster holds the ball well, dribbles well and takes his chances but does have a rather low pass completion rate. Despite this, it seems many in his homeland feel he is set for great things, perhaps these feelings were bolstered by his inclusion in the preliminary 2018 World Cup squad, surrounded by attackers such as Messi, Di Maria, Higuain, Icardi and Dybala.

The Argentine seems to have landed on his feet in Italy, perhaps helped by the company of his compatriot Mauro Icardi, the youngster is currently sat on 9 goals in 27 games despite mainly being used as a substitute.

With many Inter fans already labelling him the ‘future’ of their club, will Lautaro Martinez live up to the hype?