DEAL CLOSE – Erik ten Hag has personally requested the signing of €50m Outstanding Inter Milan striker with Sir Jim Ratcliffe ready to approve deal

DEAL CLOSE – Erik ten Hag has personally requested the signing of €50m Outstanding Inter Milan striker with Sir Jim Ratcliffe ready to approve deal

Man United manager Erik ten Hag has asked the club to sign Lautaro Martinez.

It feels like the mid-season transfer window has only just slammed shut, though planning for what is a huge summer is already well underway.

Erik ten Hag will need backing, by both Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family.

The transfer stories are already flowing, with the latest rumour suggesting a move to sign Lautaro Martinez could be on the cards.

It’s Spanish media outlet Fichajes who provide the latest information on that front.

According to their story, Martinez has ‘fully emerged’ as one of United’s ‘big goals’ for next season, with Ten Hag making a ‘personal request’ to sign the 26-year-old.

Martinez’s future with Milan is ‘by no means assured’, with the Italian team having to sell one of their best men to balance their finances.

The Old Trafford club would seek to put an offer on the table that is ‘powerful enough’ to lure the Argentine to Old Trafford, though I still believe that’ll be easier said than done.

Martinez has always been one of those players who has always divided opinion among football supporters. I’m not a massive fan of his, I have to be honest. It’s the inconsistency which worries me. He’s much like Anthony Martial in that regard.

United need someone who can come in and do a reliable back-up job to Rasmus Hojlund. Would Martinez be fine with sitting out some matches here and there? I’m not convinced.