Former Inter Milan star Mauro Icardi has reportedly sacked his estranged wife Wanda Nara as his agent after she demanded £870,000 for his Galatasaray loan.
Wanda Nara had reportedly requested Mauro Icardi to pay an arrangement fee amouting to £870,000 for his summer loan move to Galatasaray.
Wanda Nara reportedly had a fight with her estranged husband over the amount she demanded from the PSG star, who virulently contested and refused to give in to her demand.
The face-off between the two have reportedly worsened to the point of both parties calling for an official divorce from their turbulent marriage.
The former Inter Milan star has insisted that Wanda Nara must quit her role as his manager, as he is no longer interested in working with her.
Icardi, 29, blasted Nara’s demand as illegal and outrageous. While Wanda Nara, 35, wants her financial entitlement “as soon as possible.”
Icardi is on a season-long loan deal at Galatasaray from Paris Saint-German. The loan deal is said to be valued at £650,000.
A breakdown of other financial entitlement of Icardi at Galatasaray shows that he will get £2,700 for every Galatasaray win, including £65,000 if he scores up to 20 goals for the club.
Wanda is also reportedly complaining of the challenge of putting up with a long-distance relationship with Icardi after he departed to Turkey for the loan deal.
She has called the impending split with Icardi “painful” following problems with their long-distance relationship.
According to reports, before this renewed collisions, the two appeared to have parted ways and ended the mareiage on October, 2021.
However, they quickly mended, submerged their differences and moved on.
Meanwhile, Mauro Icardi has frequently deny plans to end the relationship. Wanda, on the other hand, has been candid about the true situation of things.
She had admitted that they had been apart on Instagram since September due to the ensuing misunderstanding.
Wanda is a renowned TV personality in Argentina. While she based in Argentina, her husband is playing his trade in Turkey.
The distance is said to be a factor in the uneasy and crisis-ridden marriage.
She wrote: “It is very painful for me to live this moment.
“But given my exposure and the things that are transcending and the media speculation, it is preferable that they know about it from me.
“I have nothing more to clarify and I am not going to give any kind of detail about this separation.”
Who is Mauro Icardi?
Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero, born on 19 February, 1993 in Rosario Argentina, is a professional football player, who plays as a forward for Argentina national team and Turkish Super Lig club, Galatasaray, on loan from French Ligue 1 side, PSG.
Icardi started his youth career at Veccidario in 2002, and played for the team for six years before joining Barcelona youth team in 2008.
He played for three years for the Barcelona youth team and later joined Samdoria youth in Italy in 2011, playing for just one year for the club.
At Sampdoria, Mauro Icardi made his first senior team appearance in 2011, while still playing for the youth team.
He spent three years with Sampdoria, making 33 appearances and scoring 11 goals.
In 2014, the Argentine international joined Serie A giants , Inter Milan, where he spent a huge chunk of his club career.
Mauro Icardi played for seven years for Inter Milan between 2013 to 2020, making 188 appearances and scoring 11 goals.
In 2019, he was sent on loan to PSG where he made 20 appearances and scored 12 goals for the French Ligue 1 giants.
Icardi’s temporary loan deal was made permanent in 2020. He made additional 44 appearances for the club, scoring 11 more goals.
He is currently on a second loan spell in his club career at Galatasaray from his club PSG.
He has made 3 appearances and has scored one goal for the Super Lig side.
Mauro Icardi started his national team career with the Argentina U20 in 2012.
He made 5 appearances and scored 3 goals. He made his debut appearance with Argentina national team in 2013, and has been capped 8 times with just a goal to his credit.
Mauro Icardi has won the French Ligue 1, Coup de la Ligue, Trophee des Champions, and Coup de France with PSG.
He has won several other individual awards as a player.