Juventus Turin is still interested in Mauro Icardi. According to information from The team, La Vecchia Signora recently contacted PSG to inquire about the situation of the Argentine forward, which does not count for much Pochettino and I would not frown upon a return to Italian football. The Parisian team does not close the door to a possible exit of the attacker, but as always under the sports direction of Leonardo, if he ends up leaving, it will be under the conditions imposed by the PSG.
Leonardo’s claims are an obstacle to advancing the negotiations between Juventus and PSG. The Brazilian wants to sell him, while the transalpinos have offered a loan with an optional purchase option. In 2020, the Parisians disbursed 50 million in Icardi and, although it is impossible to recover a similar figure to that, PSG wants to get 30 million for the player to try, albeit timidly, get closer to the goal of entering 100 million in sales until June to alleviate the more than 200 million that it has had in losses during this fiscal year.
The Icardi thing is a brake on Morata’s operation with Barcelona. Although the agreement is total between both parties, Juventus need a replacement to authorize his departure, something that seems unlikely at the moment, since neither Milik, Marseille forward, ni Icardi, by the conditions of PSG, it looks like they’ll be coming out in the next few days. The high salary that the Argentine receives, around 800,000 euros per month (L’Équipe data), is another condition for the operation. According to the French newspaper, an assignment with a purchase option could be an intermediate solution, but for the moment the positions between Juventus vs PSG they are far enough apart to reach an agreement.
Meanwhile, PSG tried to place Icardi at Juventus through a barter with Moise Kean. The newspaper Le Parisien reported on Tuesday that Leonardo wanted the return of the Italian forward to Paris, but the FIFA regulations prevented it. Kean has played for both Everton and Juventus this season and the Regulations state that it is impossible for a player to be in more than two teams during a course. For now Icardi, who has scored five goals in 20 games this season, is closer to following in Paris until the end of the season than to go out in the winter market.