Liverpool, Spurs target says no to China offer, has €110m release clause with Inter Milan
The Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea target was hotly pursued by Napoli this summer but is now, according to Sky Italia (via our Italian page), the latest in a long string of European stars to be contacted by Chinese clubs.
With the likes of Diego Costa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also being offered some very high amounts, Icardi said yesterday that he had “plenty of time” to play in a league like the Chinese one.
Those words were more than just a shot across the bow, it seems, for Tianjin manager Fabio Cannavaro went as far as to ask Inter and contact Icardi’s entourage, but was told no.
This did bring up an interesting clause in Icardi’s contract: namely the possible presence of an €110 million release clause, but only for foreign clubs. This, however, would only be valid only from June 30th to July 15th.
Icardi has had an excellent start to 2017, reaching 15 Serie A goals and recently scoring and providing an assist against Chievo.