Milano based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport points out in today’s paper, that Nerazzurri captain Mauro Icardi has not scored for a while and tonight he will have an opportunity to redeem this.

“The last goal that he scored in open play dates back three months ago, to the match at the Olimpico against Lazio. Icardi is desperately looking to reverse this trend and the cup competitions have served the Inter captain well so far this season.”

“In the Champions League he exalted himself and climbed a step further in his career, finding the back of the net on four occasions out of the six matches. It is perhaps a strange situation, as if Icardi and Inter had all decided to devote body and soul to the midweek matches.”

“However, it’s not enough and it will not do because this drought is precisely within the negative period that Icardi is negotiating with the management on the renewal of his contract. The path now seems clearer though, the first meeting between the club and Wanda Nara has served to lower the tensions of the last two months, and from next week, after the transfer window has closed, it will be a good time for the next step in this process, the one in which the negotiation will go into the finer details.”

“The two parties involved have achieved the desired effect, to take the negotiations out of the spotlight, but now it’s down to business and Inter wants to get the negotiations finalized to give their captain a lift and at the same time send a signal: “We are an important team, there is no discontent that destabilizes us from our targets.”

The figures are well known, Inter have offered a €7 million plus bonus deal, then there will be a negotiation on the release clause. They will move forward together, because there is no need for tensions in a season finale where there are two cups and a league still to play for.