Lautaro Martinez staked his claim to start Inter’s final preseason friendly next weekend by scoring a hat-trick against Pro Sesto on Monday.

Antonio Conte’s side won 5-1 at Appiano Gentile with Matteo Politano and Matias Vecino also getting on the score-sheet.

The Nerazzurri will play Valencia on Saturday before they begin their Serie A season against Lecce on 26 August.

Inter published highlights of the friendly fixture on Twitter, describing Conte’s side as ‘a work in progress’.