FC Barcelona dreams of snatching Lautaro Martinez from Inter Milan. But now, a major obstacle exists in this case: the release clause of the Argentine striker. This was set at 111 million euros and Barça, plagued by significant financial concerns, can not afford to pay such a sum. To achieve his goals, the Spanish champion is ready to include several players in the transaction. History that the invoice is less salty …
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For several days, the two formations have started negotiations with the objective of finding common ground likely to satisfy both parties. Among the players regularly quoted to join Lombardy, Arturo Vidal (32) held the rope particularly. But this Wednesday, Marca reveals that the transalpine formation would have decided not to include the Chilean community in the Lautaro operation!
Antonio Conte wants to strengthen his defense
A flip-flop that could be explained in particular by Antonio Conte’s desire to strengthen his defense, mainly in the corridors. Thus, the Italian technician would particularly appreciate Nelson Semedo and Junior Firpo. This is good, Barça is looking to shed its two side and the two interested know it well … But other players could interest Inter in this matter. Thus the Spanish media specifies that Jean-Clair Todibo but also Samuel Umtiti would constitute credible hypotheses in the eyes of the transalpine leaders to strengthen themselves in defense.
For the first city, Schalke 04 will not exercise the purchase option (set at 25 million euros). For his part, the French world champion seems reluctant to leave Catalonia this summer. The noose tightens therefore for the Blaugranas who also wanted to incorporate Ivan Rakitic in the negotiations. But the Croatian community has clearly vetoed the subject. So we are still in the very early stages of this file. Catalan supporters will still have to wait before seeing Lautaro Martinez getting closer to Camp Nou …
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