Former boss Mark Hughes is looking to raise more star names to his team after a third consecutive position that finished in ninth place.
Stoke enthusiasts are already entitled to an XI consisting of Marko Arnautovic, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ibrahim Afellay and Bojan.
Paris duo Saint-Germain Jese Rodríguez and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting would arrive in the following campaign.
Hughes sought to take Stoke to the wisest point and one of the wisest names on Martinez’s summer wish list.
The Argentine striker, who was 18 at the time, was impressive for Racing Club when headhunter Kevin Cruickshank traveled to South America to seek an agreement.
According to The Atheltic, Cruickshank met in Buenos Aires four times to meet with Martinez’s agents.
He even had conversations with the player, albeit in corrupted Spanish.
But Cruickshank nevertheless lost hope of Martinez’s touchdown when he learned of Atletico Madrid’s interest.
Stoke had to take a look and after a series of failed goals, they got Wilfried Bony’s loan on the day of the move-in deadline.
The former Man City player failed heavily at Bet365, scoring only two goals in 11 games before being ejected from the first team at the time of the season.
It’s a case of what could have been for Stoke if they had hired Martinez instead.
The 22-year-old finally signed up for Inter Milan in 2018 and has scored 30 goals in 83 games with San Siro.
He has now been connected to a massive cash movement to Barcelona, with the Catalan giants debating whether to conform to his one-hundred-million-pound release clause.
Meanwhile, Bony scored four more appearances in 25 England appearances for Swansea before completing his qatar career with Al Arabi.
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