Manchester City & Chelsea interested in Lautaro Martinez

By Josh Barker


Published: May 14, 2021 11:36 am

Last Updated: May 14, 2021 4:24 pm

Aguero to depart Man City

It was of course announced earlier this year that Sergio Aguero will depart Manchester City upon the expiration of his contract this summer.

The Argentine will go down as one of both Man City and the Premier League’s greatest-ever players.

Aguero has netted 182 times in the English top-flight, making him the division’s 4^th highest top-scorer ever, and the highest-scoring non-Englishman on the list. The forward is currently just five goals shy of Andy Cole in 3rd, and could yet overtake him before the season’s end, with a bit of luck.

When Aguero does move on, he will likely need replacing.

Granted, City did essentially win the Premier League this season without a traditional no.9, but it is nevertheless safe to assume that the Sky Blues will want to replace arguably their greatest ever player at some point in the near future.

Man City and Chelsea linked with Lautaro Martinez

One player whom Man City (and pretty much every other top team for that matter) have been linked with is Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland.

Given the fact that he is likely going to stand as one of the top strikers of the next decade, though, there will be considerable competition for the Norwegian’s signature.

So, this may force teams to look elsewhere to reinforce their options up top.

In turn, a report from 90min suggests that one player whom a number of clubs are looking at is Inter Milan and Argentina striker, Lautaro Martinez.

Martinez has been impressing at Inter for several years now, and racked up 16 goals and eight assists in 36 outings this term, en route to the Nerazzurri’s first Serie A title in over a decade.

According to 90min, all of Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool have asked Inter to keep them informed of any developments regarding Martinez’s future.

It is added that the hitman is more likely than Romelu Lukaku to leave Milan, and could be available for less than £70m.

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	35	46	80
2	Manchester United FC	35	30	70
3	Leicester City FC	36	21	66
4	Chelsea FC	36	22	64
5	West Ham United FC	35	10	58
6	Liverpool FC	34	18	57
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	35	20	56
8	Arsenal FC	36	12	55
9	Everton FC	34	4	55
10	Leeds United	35	0	50
11	Aston Villa FC	34	8	48
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	35	-12	45
13	Crystal Palace FC	35	-22	41
14	Southampton FC	35	-18	40
15	Burnley FC	35	-14	39
16	Newcastle United FC	35	-18	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	35	-5	37
18	Fulham FC	35	-22	27
19	West Bromwich Albion	35	-36	26
20	Sheffield United FC	35	-44	17

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Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	21
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	17
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	16
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	13
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	12
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	12
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	12
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	11
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	11
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	10
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	10
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick	Arsenal FC	10
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	10
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	9

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC	0	11
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	10
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	0	9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC	0	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	7
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	8
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC	0	8
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	7
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	8
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC	0	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC	0	7
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	0	7
Dunk, Lewis	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	2	5
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC	0	7
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC	0	7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	11
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	8
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	8
Raphinha	Leeds United	7
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	7
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	7
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	7
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	6
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	6
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	6
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	6
Firmino, Roberto	Liverpool FC	6
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	6
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	6
Neto, Pedro	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	6

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