In 2018, Lautaro Martínez left Racing after being bought by Inter Italy in 25 million euros. If we remember, the Nerazzurro was not the only team interested in the young academic center forward, but Barcelona, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund also had him in the pipeline. Atlético de Madrid came to make an offer and it seemed that they would take it, but Diego Milito appeared to prevent it.
Milito’s revelation about Lautaro’s arrival at Inter
In a chat with Christian Vieri on Twitch, Milito recalled what happened back in mid-2018 when he was Racing’s manager. “Atlético de Madrid had already presented an offer that did not convince the president. So I called Zanetti to talk to him about the opportunity, Ausilio (Inter’s sports director) took the plane and came right away. Inter did a good job, they came to Argentina and they made us the offer, it was very fast”revealed Diego about the background of the transfer of Lautaro Martínez to the Italian giant.
The Spanish club’s offer had been 12 million euros. At that time, Spanish media had closed the agreement with Atlético. Even Roly Zárate, who was one of the footballer’s representatives, had stated that the pass was “99% done”. However, Inter took advantage of “the opportunity” that Milito spoke of: he put in more than double and took it.
