The Inter captain’s incendiary remarks provoked a mixed reaction among supporters against Cagliari but his penalty miss did little to help matters
Perhaps, with hindsight, we should have paid more attention to the title of Mauro Icardi’s new autobiography: Sempre Avanti – Always Ahead. For as long as he has been in the public consciousness, the striker has always carried an air of impatience, the manner of someone who is eager to skip forward to the next chapter.
This is a man who joined Barcelona at 15, played his first Serie A game at 19 and was named Inter’s captain three years later. One who leapt eagerly – and very publicly – into a parental role when he took up with Wanda Nara, soon sharing intimate photographs of himself caring for her three sons by his former team-mate Maxi López. By 21, he had married Wanda, and within eight months, they had a daughter of their own.
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