Barcelona have assured Lautaro Martinez that he would be a starter if he is to join them in the coming months according to a report from Spanish news outlet Sport.
The Blaugrana club have been strongly linked with a move for the highly rated 22-year-old for a number of months now and there has been contact between the clubs.
Barcelona do not want to pay his €111 million release clause and are looking to do a player(s) plus cash deal for the former Racing Club player and as per the report, Inter want at least three players in return if this is the route any possible deal goes down.
The report goes on to add that Barcelona have said to Lautaro that he will be the starting striker and he may also play alongside Luis Suarez in a front two at times.
This season Lautaro has scored 16 goals in 31 appearances across all competitions which he has also provided four assists for his teammates.
