“?Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardi insists he had no plans on leaving the Serie A club during the summer, and was never close to an exit.
The Argentinean was linked to Napoli, as well as Premier League clubs Chelsea and Arsenal, during transfer season. However, he stayed put, and now claims that he wants to win something as an Inter player.
“I always said I didn’t want to leave Inter,” Icardi told Tiki Taka (H/T “?talkSPORT)
“I’m happy in Milan, I want to win something in this shirt, and with this great squad we now have an opportunity to do so.
“Was I close to Napoli? I wasn’t close, but there was contact. Not just from Napoli, but with my wife who is also my agent. But I hinted to her and to everyone that I wanted to stay in Milan.”
His wife and agent Nara has branded Icardi ‘the best No.9 in the world’, yet the striker isn’t letting that get to his head.
“She wrote that because she’s my wife, but I’m lacking a lot to be considered the best striker in the world. There are many better strikers who do amazing things,” he told Mediaset.
“I’m the Inter striker and in football if the strikers aren’t scoring, then they’re not helping.
“It’s my duty and I have to keep doing it, and of course to do it against Juve is always nice. Doing it in the Inter shirt is different than doing it for Samp.
“Scoring in the Derby d’Italia is always important and a source of great satisfaction.”
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