Mauro Icardi’s legal advisor believes the Inter striker ‘has the desire’ to stay at Paris Saint-Germain and that Leonardo ‘wants to keep him’.
It had been reported Icardi would be returning to Inter at the end of the season, with PSG not taking up their €70m option to buy, but Letterio Pino is confident the Argentine will prolong his relationship with the Ligue 1 leaders.
“Leonardo knew what Mauro would give during the season,” he told Radio Kiss Kiss.
Mauro Icardi’s legal advisor believes the Inter striker ‘has the desire’ to stay at Paris Saint-Germain and that Leonardo ‘wants to keep him’.
It had been reported Icardi would be returning to Inter at the end of the season, with PSG not taking up their €70m option to buy, but Letterio Pino is confident the Argentine will prolong his relationship with the Ligue 1 leaders.
“Leonardo knew what Mauro would give during the season,” he told Radio Kiss Kiss.
“He didn’t play in a couple of Champions League games, but that was only because there were 18 other very good players at PSG.
“In my opinion Leonardo wants to keep him, and I hope the PSG will do that. Certainly that’s the idea.
“Mauro makes himself loved by everyone. Those who know him speak nothing but well of him, both as a professional and as a person.”
Pino was then asked about interest from Napoli and left the door open to a move down south if the French giants did not go through with their purchase.
“De Laurentiis and Giuntoli, above all the President, have always done everything to try to bring Icardi to Napoli.
“Last summer, Napoli were the right place at the wrong time because Mauro wanted to stay at Inter and he didn’t want to betray the Nerazzurri fans.
“President De Laurentiis has been trying to sign him for many years. Right now, out of respect for PSG, Icardi has the desire to stay in Paris.
“In the event PSG don’t take up their option to buy, he’ll be able to make the right decision with Inter and Wanda Nara.
“Napoli are a club of excellence in Italian football. Icardi has never hidden his affection for them and Maradona.
“The idea that Inter’s captain goes to Juventus seems a bit contrived to me. I don’t see it as a very feasible track. After that, obviously Wanda will take care of things.
“Contacts between Icardi and Napoli go back to last summer, then the season stopped. Now Presidents are thinking about the season and not the market.”