Posted December 31, 2021 at 6.30 p.m. by AC
Mauro Icardi could bring back precious money for Paris Saint-Germain, while his performances leave something to be desired and Juventus seem to have returned to the news, after the failure of this summer.
Since his arrival in 2019, Mauro Icardi never seemed to be able to merge into the collective of Paris Saint-Germain not sufficiently Mbappé or Neymar compatible, not sufficiently mobile for the taste of Thomas Tuchel and little success, the one who frightened all the Serie A defenses saw a new obstacle land with Lionel Messi. It's an open secret the two wouldn't like each other very much. The six-fold Ballon d'Or would in fact never have forgiven Icardi for what he could have done to Maxi Lopez, one of his closest friends and this would have had repercussions in particular on the Argentinian selection. At PSG, no tension seems for the moment to have filtered, but if we stick only to football the place of Icardi which was already cramped. is largely reduced with Messi. Worse, the few opportunities offered by Mauricio Pochettino Did not come up with anything, as the forward is stuck at 5 goals in 20 games in all competitions with Paris Saint-Germain this season … a misery for a goalscorer of his caliber.
PSG lost € 22M in less than two years with Icardi
So why not sell it? The Team recently announced that Leonardo would like to sell several players during this winter transfer window, in particular to recover a sum of around € 100m. Rafinha has already left for Real Sociedad, but he should soon be followed by Layvin Kurzawa who interests Lazio, or even Abdou Diallo which would be followed by AC Milan . The specialized site Transfermarkt values Mauro Icardi at € 28m, or € 22m than what Paris Saint-Germain paid in July 2020. Certainly not really the added value dreamed of by Leonardo, but a not insignificant sum in this period of crisis. However, the task promises to be extremely complicated for PSG, as the attacking market seems to be closed this winter, unless FC Barcelona comes to shake things up.
Allegri claims Icardi, but …
Yes, because the early retirement of Sergio Agüero pushes Xavi to recruit a striker and this could have a direct impact on the future of Mauro Icardi. According to information from Il Corriere dello Sport, Massimiliano Allegri would have opened the door to a departure of Alvaro Morata towards FC Barcelona , but on the condition that the number 9 of Paris Saint-Germain arrives in Turin in this month of January. Allegri has always been a big fan of Icardi and already when he was at Inter he had tried to recruit him without success. But the coach of Juventus seems to be the only ally of PSG and Leonardo ! Within the transalpine club, we would not be really excited about the Icardi track and this would be the case in particular for the managing director Maurizio Arrivabene. La Gazzetta dello Sport ensures that the former Ferrari wants to establish an iron discipline in Juventus and Icardi with his agent and partner Wanda Nara do not correspond at all to this perspective.
Juventus will not need Icardi at all after the next six months
The controversial side of the Icardi clan is not the only factor to brake the Juventus. Unlike a Paris Saint-Germain Who the need to sell without seeking desperate for money, the Bianconeri are far from rolling in the gold. Tuttosport reminds that the limits of the Mauro Icardi case were defined from the start: it will be a free six-month loan, with no compulsory purchase option. Yes, because Icardi earns no less than 10M € per year at PSG and at 28, he is not really what we call an option for the future . According to information from Tuttosport, Leonardo would have categorically ruled out this possibility, which would therefore have pushed Juve to work on other tracks, such as the one leading to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal . Note that the Turin daily is providing new details this Friday! The leaders of Juve would indeed have eyes only for Dušan Vlahović of Fiorentina and while waiting for the next summer transfer window, they would only be looking for a striker who can act for six months … before leaving.