Icardi: 'Real Madrid wanted me'

By Football Italia staff

Mauro Icardi reveals he turned down an offer from Real Madrid. “It’s true they wanted me, but I asked to stay at Inter.”

The Argentine striker won the Capocannoniere title in Serie A last season, netting 22 goals on a par with Luca Toni of Verona.

“It’s true that Real Madrid wanted me,” Icardi told Spanish reporters ahead of tomorrow’s International Champions Cup game with the Merengues.

“But I asked to stay at Inter and my intention really was always to remain here. I knew that this year we would have a great squad.

“Now we are growing, so we hope to do well and get back into Europe. The performances against Bayern Munich and Milan were good, apart from the result.

“All this is tactical work that will take us closer to where Coach Mancini wants us to be.”

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