Lautaro Martinez

[BBZ8800]

Can you lead me to the part where it says Messi gave his OK?

An article about Koeman signings on El Mundo Deportivo web page.

It says:
"UN DELANTERO
Un ?9? con gol que cubra la marcha de Su?rez
Luis Su?rez no seguir? y el Bar?a necesita gol. Lautaro es el elegido para ocupar el puesto del uruguayo. Cuenta con el Ok de la direcci?n deportiva y a Messi le va bien."

My google translate says something along those lines.

 

[DonAK]

An article about Koeman signings on El Mundo Deportivo web page.

It says:
"UN DELANTERO
Un ?9? con gol que cubra la marcha de Su?rez
Luis Su?rez no seguir? y el Bar?a necesita gol. Lautaro es el elegido para ocupar el puesto del uruguayo. Cuenta con el Ok de la direcci?n deportiva y a Messi le va bien."

My google translate says something along those lines.

Says Messi sees the signing well too although tbh I'm not so sure about it. I don't get the Messi-Lautaro friendship pushed by the press. They're so apart in age and Messi hasn't played that many games with Lautaro.

Messi at this rate is not even going to be at Barca this time next year so Lautaro or not won't matter to him.

The only reason we're signing Lautaro is because he had a great game vs. Barca at Camp Nou. Our management consist of blind idiots that fall in love with a player after they perform vs. us and never let go.

Already seen it with the likes of Andre Gomes.

 

[BBZ8800]

DonAK, I don't know.

MD is Barto's paper.
And we have seen a few times already that MD is literally saying that Messi wants Lautaro.

Which can mean two things.
1. either Messi is the boss
2. or we are trying to build a team around a 33 year old.
And do everything to keep him happy.

No offense to Messi, but he should either leave or have a limited role both on a field and among the board.

Days are gone when it was worth to build everything around him.
A current team built around Messi can't even win La liga anymore against RM without Cr7.
I won't even mention CL.

So, if the board's goal is to make Messi happy and keep him for years, then lol.

3rd place in La liga for years, here we come.

Rivaldo left aged 30, Ronaldinho aged 28.
Yet, we are building a team around a 33 year old.

 

[Porque]

I been trying to put my finger on who Lautaro reminds me of and I finally got it. Sergio F'n Garcia.

 

[jairzinho]

The problem with Leo is his positioning and lack of work rate, which shouldn?t come as a surprise as he is ageing. But primarily his positioning is a major problem. If he does start you to have to compensate somehow, firstly because he loves to play centrally as a 10/SS. It can mess with the shape of the team, especially when we don?t have the ball.

 

[tacticvarium]

Messi probably wants him here because he wants Argentine presence to continue in a super club like Barca that is highly favoured by South American football fans.
South Americans generally have extreme nationalistic values and form weird companionship wherever they go.
No wonder why Messi is still super obsessed with Cuntmar.

 

[Androutsos]

I don't care what you guys think, I'm backing this guy to be a legendary striker for us if he signs.

 

[Messigician]

I don't care what you guys think, I'm backing this guy to be a legendary striker for us if he signs.

Deluded

 

[Morten]

Whats the point in getting rid of Suarez if this guy or Depay is the replacement?

 

[Laplacian]

Whats the point in getting rid of Suarez if this guy or Depay is the replacement?

Exactly..

 

[Messigician]

Whats the point in getting rid of Suarez if this guy or Depay is the replacement?

Exactly this is my only problem with getting rid of Suarez. We will spend 17m to terminate his contract and then 100m on Martinez for someone who isn't even better than current Suarez.

It's insanity, keep Suarez as a rotational option and go all I'm for Halland next year

 

[JohnN]

1. Messi can't get a break.
If Suarez stays - Messi pressured the board to keep him.
If Suarez leaves but Martinez comes - Messi pressured the board to get him.
If Suarez leaves but no-one comes - Messi only wants Neymar and no one else.
I can keep going

2. We shouldn't get Lautaro in my opinion. Unproven, inefficient, expensive and not a no.9

3. We shouldn't try to build a team to support Messi. He is 33-34 next season. He should stay, if he wants, so we can still be relevant while rebuilding, because:

4. We will be way below what people think when the old generation goes.

 

[serghei]

Lautaro doesn't work with Messi. There's only place for 1 second striker - no10 hybrid in the team. And if we get Lautaro, and keep Messi and Griezmann, we'd have fucking 3 who like to operate in similar positions. If we sell both Messi and maybe Griezmann, Lautaro fits.

 

[Messi983]

Deluded

Says someone who still believes Neyboy will return, lol.

If Lautaro comes I'll give him a fair chance. Hopefully he can surprise us all but I'll be happy if he'll turn out to be good enough we won't need to loan him after less than 2 years, lol.

 

[mc_lovin]

I was avoiding this topic like plague, but we are back to "Lautaro is a 2nd striker"? Feck off. Hes not. You can argue whether hes good enough or not, but hes a freaking centre forward. Its that simple.