{"id":73970,"date":"2026-08-21T20:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73970\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T20:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:31:21","slug":"cristian-chivu-addresses-lautaro-martinezs-barcelona-rumors-i-think-he-will-stay-here-for-a-very-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73970\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristian Chivu addresses Lautaro Martinez&#8217;s Barcelona rumors: &#8216;I think he will stay here for a very long time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cristian Chivu addressed the swirling speculation around Lautaro Martinez\u2019s future and reported <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Barcelona\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barcelona<\/a> interest on Friday, speaking to reporters ahead of Inter Milan\u2019s Serie A opener against Monza.<\/p>\n<p>Asked directly about reports linking the Argentine captain to Barcelona, Chivu didn\u2019t shy away from the topic. \u201cLautaro is our captain and we keep him with us. I think he will stay here for very long time,\u201d he said, according to Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n<p>The Inter boss acknowledged that speculation around his captain was inevitable given his stature in the squad, noting that Martinez represents \u201cwhat we were and what we want to be in the future\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Still, when pressed further on whether he could guarantee Martinez\u2019s future beyond the current window, Chivu opted not to make any promises. \u201cThen the transfer market is bastard\u2026 so I\u2019m not gonna reply. For sure we want Lautaro to stay here,\u201d he added, striking a more cautious tone about a situation that remains out of his hands.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Martinez is set to captain <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/inter-milan\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Inter Milan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inter Milan<\/a> in their Serie A opener on Saturday against Monza, where they\u2019ll look to begin their title defense in the best way possible.<\/p>\n<p>  Lautaro Martinez is Barcelona\u2019s Plan B <\/p>\n<p>The rumors have picked up steam after <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/news\/lautaro-martinez-reportedly-opens-the-door-to-barcelona-move-as-julian-alvarez-talks-stall\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Barcelona\u2019s pursuit of Julian Alvarez hit a wall at Atletico Madrid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barcelona\u2019s pursuit of Julian Alvarez hit a wall at Atletico Madrid<\/a>, reportedly pushing the Catalan club to view Martinez as an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Reports out of Spain suggest personal terms have already been discussed and that Martinez himself would be open to the move, though Inter\u2019s stance remains that the 28-year-old, under contract until 2029, isn\u2019t for sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristian Chivu addressed the swirling speculation around Lautaro Martinez\u2019s future and reported Barcelona interest on Friday, speaking to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,1807],"class_list":["post-73970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-inter-milan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}