Lautaro Martínez: "The Real Madrid wanted me with Solari and the Barcelona was very near of ficharme"

Lautaro Martínez finish to win the Scudetto in the Series To being key in the team of Conte, forming a lethal pair with Romelu Lukaku and being one of the best of the championship, something that could have avoided if his signing with the Barcelona had concretised and according to the own forward, did not be a lot.

"I was really near of Barcelona, had spoken it with Leo Messi. But they had economic problems and decided to remain me", ensured the player to ESPN Argentina, confirming the big rumour of the summer happened in which the exit of Luis Suárez copó the attention of the means by the absence of forwards that there would be for the culés.

One of the keys of this signing was Messi, that no only endorsed the arrival of the Argentinian but besides it recommended it of direct form thanks to that his share in the selection has left him samples of his potential. With this could check that in effect, both sudamericanos kept conversations by this subject.

With 15 goals in the present Series To, Lautaro confirmed what showed in Argentina playing for Racing, when it began to call the attention of several European clubs between which already was the Barcelona, but Eto´or, Ibrahimovic, Messi of false nine, Villa and Suárez, did that the incorporations to future did not go a subject of importance and finally could not concretise in any moment.

Suárez already had manifested that if the club fichaba a substitute would not be a problem for him because it understood that his body no longer was young and in fact, was opened to help it to grow and understand what needs to play in this position like culé, but the reality left was to the charrúa of the club and also to Lautaro, the one who understood like substitute.

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The Real Madrid also was near of fichar to the forward and Lautaro confirmed it in the same interview. "It was Solari in the Real Madrid Castilla and came me to look for. It did not feel me as to go me very far. They came me to look for and offered me sign an agreement, but did not feel me prepared".