Manchester City ‘lead four-way race with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea for Lautaro Martinez’

Manchester City are favourites to sign Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez this summer.

Pep Guardiola’s side are willing to activate his £97.5million release clause this summer according to The Sun.

Chelsea are also in the hunt for the Argentine striker, as well as La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. 

Manchester City are favourites to sign Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez this summer

Pep Guardiola’s side are willing to activate his £97.5million release clause this summer

Even so, Inter Milan vice-president Javier Zanetti is confident that Martinez will stay at the club despite interest from Barcelona.

Martinez has been hugely impressive this season – he has scored 16 goals in 31 appearances across all competitions.

However, Zanetti believes that Martinez won’t be leaving the Serie A side any time soon. ‘Right now we’re not talking about the transfer market, the most important thing is health,’ Zanetti told ESPN. 

Inter’s vice-president Javier Zanetti says Martinez is ‘identifying himself with the club’

‘I see him happy at Inter, he’s identifying himself with the club. We believed in him. I see his future at Inter.’

Barcelona are looking to bolster their attacking options, and Martinez, at the age of 22, would represent a useful long-term option.

Martinez has already played alongside Lionel Messi for Argentina and could be tempted by the prospect of linking up with his compatriot at club level.

Having started out at Racing Club, Martinez made the switch to Inter in 2018 and has proceeded to produce some impressive performances.