DBasia.news – Inter Milan made a surprising statement regarding to the status of the team captain. The team nicknamed the Nerazzurri officially took off Mauro Icardi from his position as a captain.
The position of captain of Inter Milan is now given to Samir Handanovic. The news was delivered directly through Inter’s official Twitter account.
We did not know the main reasons underlying this change, yet. However, the news will certainly lead to a lot of speculation regarding the status of Mauro Icardi at Inter.
At least there are two possibilities that are indicated to be the cause of the captain’s replacement at Inter. First, it was difficult to negotiate Icardi’s contract extension.
Until now, Icardi has not yet been willing to sign a contract extension that has been presented by Inter. This situation also further increases the potential of the Argentine striker in the 2019 summer transfer market.
Other than that, the decline in Icardi’s performance on the field. This season is Icardi’s hardest period of his career with the Nerazzurri.