[Sport] The data that puts Lautaro in doubt: same goals as Luis Suárez ... with 13 more games

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Lautaro Martínez does not improve Luis Suárez. At least, not in the main thing that is demanded of any striker: goals. Despite the fact that this has been the season in which the young Inter striker has made himself known to the general public, the numbers continue to smile at the Barça gunman. In his least scoring course since landing at the Camp Nou, Súarez has scored the same goals as Lautaro: 21 ... having participated in 13 fewer games.

The Argentine has played 49 games this season, including Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions and Europa League, in which he has sung 21 goals. The Uruguayan has pierced the network on the same occasions, although it took less time. His participation in Barça this season has been reduced to 36 games, he had never been so little protagonist since he was culé. A knee injury in January kept him in dry dock for nearly two months.

Sell one to buy the other. The intentions of the Barcelona club in this market seem clear. The first step has been taken. Bartomeu did not include the Uruguayan forward in the list of non-transferable players and today we learned that Ronald Koeman has already telephoned him to make it clear that he is not part of his future plans.

This season, the second since he made the leap to Europe, has been Lautaro's confirmation in the elite. After the departure of Mauro Icardi from Meazza, Antonio Conte gave him chevrons in Inter's attack with Romelu Lukaku, an ideal piece to enhance his style of play. In the end, it was the Belgian striker who ended up consolidating himself as the main offensive protagonist of the neroazzurri, with 34 goals in 51 games.

 

The shadow of Suárez
Lautaro, 23, is a decade younger than Suárez and is seen as the ideal replacement. If he ends up signing for Barça, the former Racing de Avellanada will find a very long shadow at the Camp Nou. With 198 goals behind him, there are only two players who have scored more with the Barça shirt than the Uruguayan: César Rodríguez and a certain Leo Messi.