Spanish press reports have confirmed that Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez is the closest to wearing the No. 9 shirt in Barcelona, to be the successor to team star Luis Suarez.
The Spanish newspaper "AS" reported that the Italian Inter Milan star was the most prominent player of his team during the confrontation with Barcelona on Tuesday, at the end of the Champions League group stage matches that ended with the Blaugrana victory 1-2.
Although the young Argentine star was not the owner of Inter's only goal, he made his mark with a decisive pass by Lukaku, who fired it directly into the goal, and Martinez also posed a great danger to the Barcelona goalkeeper Neto, where he hit four times on goal.
The newspaper said that Messi asked Barcelona to include Martinez, who knows his enormous potential well through their participation together in the Argentine national team, which is the last one of his most prominent goalscorer now.
"AS" pointed out that after the match, a snapshot taken by the cameras showed the Argentine star enjoying great acceptance among Barcelona players, as Suarez embraced him, the current number 9 who is looking for Barcelona to succeed him, then exchanged shirts, and shook hands with the talent youngster Anso Fati.