Lautaro Martinez can’t be stopped: 12 goals in 11 matches, President Steven Zhang wants his lifelong renewal with Inter.
Lautaro Martinez has never been this ‘deadly’. He lead Inter to a 2-1 victory in Bergamo against Atalanta, extending their lead to +6 over Milan following the Rossoneri’s defeat to Udinese at the San Siro.
Today’s focus in the latest edition of ‘Gazzetta dello Sport‘ is on El Toro, who has scored 12 goals in the first 11 Serie A matches. There are few players like Lautaro at the moment. His magical performances are sending the team closer to the 20th ‘scudetto,’. The Captain has taken over the ‘Nerazzurri‘ world completely.
Lautaro only behind Kane
It’s easy to understand why CEO Beppe Marotta emphasized: ‘We want to make him a Inter’s symbol. to rely on him; it’s never a bad idea. These points are crucial,’ he commented after the game. 2023 is definitely his year, only Harry Kane has scored more than El Toro in the calendar year when considering the five major European leagues.
Aiming for 40
12 goals in 11 matchdays. Since Antonio Valentin Angelillo (19 goals in the 1958-59 season), no Inter player has scored more. His curled right-foot shots are worthy of the best number 10s around the world. His words, which are captain-like, barely make headlines anymore. Lautaro is on a goal-scoring pace that projects him to exceed 40 goals in the league, surpassing the current Serie A season goal record of 36, held by Higuain and Immobile. If he had taken penalties, who knows where he would be. After the game he spoke of a mature team, but he is the most mature of them all.
Lifelong Renewal
This week, Sporting Director Ausilio crowned him as his most beautiful signing of his career while President Zhang is completely in love with him. To the extent that he has given the green light to the club’s executives to effectively renew his contract for life. Fans continue to chant his name. Inter hadn’t had such a representative player at home for a long time. Besides, he is the player who has the most impact in the Serie A at the moment.”