Surprise in Europe: Argentine Luka Romero is one step away from signing with a great from Italy

The name already resonated in the world of football for a long time but it exploded in the middle of last year. Luka romero debuted in the Majorca to the 15 years and became the youngest footballer in adding minutes in the Spanish League throughout history. His team descended, but the gaze remained on his back and in the last hours it became one of the surprises on the European market: is about to sign with Lazio of Italy.

Born in Mexico, son of Argentine parents and with Spanish nationality, the boy from 16 years who chose to defend the colors of the Albiceleste At the national level, it will land in the powerful set of the Italian capital. The middle Il Messaggero reported that the footballer will travel to that country next Friday to undergo medical studies and if there are no problems, he will sign for five seasons.

Lazio will win the arm wrestling, in this way, by England Arsenal and to Milan they also had it on their radar. What was not known so far is whether Luka will immediately join the first team he commands. Maurizio Sarri for a few weeks or if it will first be part of the spring, the reserve of Italian football.

The naturalized Argentine footballer will leave Mallorca, which this season rose again to La Liga in Spain after playing a year in second place, and will be part of a club that has just finished the sixth place in Serie A and will play the Europa League.

In recent months, the Spanish coach Luis García had left Romero aside and sent him to the subsidiary because he had not signed his continuity in Mallorca. “He has not renewed even though the club has made him a very, very good offer. He is a player that I will not have, but when he is mine I bet on him one hundred percent. It has a tremendous quality, a lot of future, it is a training heaven, but I cannot give minutes to a player who has not renewed with us”, He had said weeks ago.

Taking into account this situation, the young attacker came to complete 9 presences in the first team and celebrated 1 goal against Logroñés. In addition, he played other 16 games with the subsidiary in the last season and accumulated 2 annotations.

Beyond the fact that he was born in Mexico while his father played for Durango in that country, Luka grew up in Spain but always expressed his desire to defend the shirt of the Argentine team beyond receiving offers from the other two countries. However, he has already joined the youth structures of the country and is under the orbit of the Sub 17 commanded by Pablo Aimar. Romero had in his plans to dispute this year the South American that qualified for the World Cup in that category, but the FIFA decided to suspend both contests and ran the World Cup of that division for 2023.

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