He Inter from Milan It is one of the finalists of the current edition of the Champions League. The Italian painting is one of the fashion teams and reached its second final in three years, after brilliantly defeating the FC Barcelonawho made seven goals between the two semifinal games.
Many of the protagonists of this Inter from Milan They will be familiar to mattress fans, because they are some of the biggest stars of European football at this time; But, in addition, several of the players who were key in the tie, were in the orbit of the Atlético de Madrid.
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Some, even, as is the case of Lautaro Martínezhe was signed. Literally. It was December 2017 when the Atlético de Madrid closed the signing of Lautaro Martínez. The then 20 -year -old striker sponsored in Racing And the rojiblanco club noticed him. The interest was manifest, and Andrea Berta himself moved to Argentina to close the arrival of the attacker. In this newspaper we already show you the photos of the attacker's signature. How did it not end at Atlético? Lautaro was going to sign for six seasons with the mattress club, which would pay 12 million euros (its clause was nine), and would stay until June in Racing As assigned. It was made “99%,” as the player's agent acknowledged. However, Diego Milito y Javier Zanetti They got into the operation, rose the bid at 18 million and took it.
Lautaro Martínez, signing for Atlético de Madrid
Another of the main protagonists of this tie was Marcus Thure. The French striker was close to signing for the Atlético during the 2023 winter market and the summer of the same year, showing interest even before its contract ended with the Borussia Mönchengladbach.
However, the rojiblanco club gave up the signing in winter when the transfer premium requested by the Mönchengladbachhoping to sign for free in summer; Despite attempts to convince him, including the intervention of Griezmannhe Inter He advanced offering a signing premium of more than 10 million euros.
Marcus Thuram, key against FC Barcelona
The interist machine room
In 2019, the Atlético de Madrid He was also close to signing Nicolò Barella, The brain of this Inter from Milan. He is a footballer who loves Diego Pablo Simeone. A proposal was presented by him, but his then team, the CagliariI knew he had a raw diamond and endured. This was revealed by the president of Cagliari, Tommaso Giulini. “In 2019, the year before his departure, we had received an important offer from Atlético de Madrid. So, forcing him to do an extra season with us, I knew it would be difficult to retain it the following year. When a player from Cagliari Receive a great offer from a club like the Atléticoit is not easy to stay, but it is even more difficult to keep calm and concentrate on the goal of the club throughout the year. Nicolòon the contrary, he stayed and probably had his most successful season here. Therefore, it was natural to let it go to Inter at the end of that year, especially because Antonio Conte I absolutely wanted it and Inter had different ambitions to ours. Roma, Inter y Atlético They were the only three clubs that seriously negotiated with us, ”said the president.
Calhanoglu, celebrating a goal
One of the players who insisted the most Atlético de Madridin various moments of his career, it was for Hakan Calhanoglu. He did when he militated in the Bayer Leverkusen And later when he left the AC Milan. He Atlético He came to present an offer to the player several seasons ago, facing 20/21, just before he arrived RODRIGO DE PAUL al Atlético. As reported by the media 'Sky Sport’the mattress box put on the table three million euros per season and three million per signing bonus, the footballer preferred the Inter Milan option.
Barella, Inter -brain
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Finally, the Atlético He also had in the spotlight, although in this case he did not take a decisive step to sign him; to the player who ended up scoring the decisive goal of the tie, Davide Frattesi. The midfielder, given the impossibility of getting Stretcherhe was one of the players that the mattress team had on his agenda, especially when it seemed that he was not going to fulfill his contract because he had less prominence.
