Meanwhile, speaking earlier in the year, Martinez’s old coach Diego Cocca urged him to seal a move to Barcelona to enhance his development.
“I was surprised,” he said when asked what it was like to coach the 23-year-old.
“The level of maturity, he was a professional player, he interpreted, he understood, he wanted to see pictures, to work on his weaker foot, to work on everything that made things complicated for him.
“Most boys at that age try to hide their flaws, and he just wanted to improve. There, we started to glimpse that he was going to do something very important.
“Knowing Lautaro, he’s a boy who likes challenges and surely that’s what going to Barcelona would be for him.
source: express.co.uk