Last summer, Leonardo was quickly praised after signing two of the best shots in the Ligue 1 summer transfer window, namely the transfer of Keylor Navas for just € 12 million and the loan from Mauro Icardi. An operation negotiated with an Inter Milan wishing to part with at all costs an element that had become undesirable in the nerazzurro locker room. A boon for the capital’s club, which has a € 70 million purchase option.
A price quickly considered an excellent deal after the start of the Argentine striker’s hot season in the Ile-de-France tunic (18 goals in 19 games, all competitions combined, until January 8). But since January, Icardi marks less. A drop in form which was followed by many rumors of departure. And if his wife, the highly publicized Wanda Nara, did not fuel the controversy, the complicated relationship between Thomas Tuchel and Mauro Icardi is often underlined as an argument.
But according to Il Corriere dello Sport, Paris Saint-Germain would have decided to pay the € 70 million purchase option. Information that can challenge if the wishes of the Icardi clan to pack up are real. But the Italian daily said that it could be part of a transfer window strategy. Conscious of the value of a player of the caliber of Icardi, would PSG think of lifting the purchase option to resell its player in stride at a high price and thus achieve a capital gain? To be continued.
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