Lautaro Martínez
is a world-class striker and scorer.
This Friday he was dispatched with a crack finish to increase Inter's advantage
over Salernitana
at the Giuseppe Meazza on matchday 25 of
Serie A
and in this way he reached 20 shouts in the tournament to stretch his advantage at the top of the table of top scorers: he is 8 ahead of Vlahovic, from Juventus, his immediate pursuer.
El Toro - who also has two more goals for the Champions League and one for the Italian Super Cup this season - established Inter's 2-0 with a right-footed finish from the door of the area to the far post.
Great goal.
A couple of minutes earlier, the Frenchman
Marcus Thuram
had opened the account for the local team, which with the victory has 63 points at the top of the Italian league table, ten ahead of its runner-up, Juventus, who this Saturday will visit Hellas Verona.
GREAT GOAL DEL TORO MARTÍNEZ AGAINST MEMO OCHOA!!
THE 2-0 OF INTER VS.
SALERNITANA IN ITALY!!
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— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) February 16, 2024
This Friday, before the match, Inter's CEO, Giuseppe Marotta, came out to clarify that they are "close" to reaching an agreement with the striker born in Bahía Blanca to extend the contract with a salary increase in the face of rumors that indicate that Martínez could be a candidate to replace Kylian Mbappé at PSG.
🚨🇦🇷 Inter CEO Marotta on Lautaro Martínez and PSG interest: “We are not worried.
“We had no signals from PSG or any other club.”
“We are extremely optimistic about new deal to be agreed soon with Lautaro, he loves Inter — same for Barella.”
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— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 16, 2024
The French forward has already informed Nasser Al Khelaifi, CEO of the Parisian club, of his decision to leave as a free agent when his contract ends on June 30 of this year.
In addition,
Lautaro Martínez surpassed Mauro Icardi
as the Argentine with the most goals in the history of the Milan club.
El Toro, with his goal this Friday against Salernitana, reached 125 shouts (in 269 games) at Inter, one more than Icardi who stood at 124 (in 219 games) before leaving for PSG.