In the eyes of La Repubblica, Inter’s decision yesterday to strip Mauro Icardi of the captaincy could cause him to change his mind about having his wife Wanda Nara as his agent.

“After the decision, Icardi got back to his house which is just a few steps from San Siro, threw himself on the bed and remained there for an infinite time without moving. He felt so destroyed by the escalation cause by Wanda in the last few months that he began to reflect while trying to contact Marotta but it was too late as the decision was made,” their report reads.

They go on to suggest that in the coming days a meeting will take place between Icardi, Wanda and two of his former agents in Ulisse Savini and Pino Letterio.

The point of this meeting will be to try and develop a new strategy to manage the 25-year-old and in order to start again, there will need to be a step-back.