Mauro Icardi’s wife and agent assures “he’s the future number 9” of the Argentina team, despite the Inter man being left out of the World Cup squad.
The Nerazzurri striker was called-up to Jorge Sampaoli’s preliminary squad, but he wasn’t included in the final list.
“My peace of mind comes form the fact that Mauro is the future number 9 of the national team and that he’s Sampaoli’s number 9,” Wanda Icardi told Perros de la Calle.
“Maybe now isn’t the time, but he’s calmly waiting for his chance to play. These are things with no explanation, what’s happening to Mauro is an injustice - he deserves to be there.
“He has everything to be in the national team, in terms of age and performance. He met Sampaoli a couple of times and he told him it’d be hard to stay on the list and Mauro knew that too.
“But we kept hope alive until the very last.
“Mauro is a person who keeps a very low profile. At Inter, he can call someone or send them away just by raising a finger.
“That’s why we didn’t want to talk about the national team, he wanted to be called-up on merit.”
mudemnruz
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Messi has nothing to do with his selection Messi wants to win the world cup and icardi is a great player but if the coach doesnt want him he can't do anything about it,maybe he is not fit for the team the way they have planned it so hope for the best ,in other teams there are players who are left out like Sergio roberto Morata who would you blame for them??
Icardi Scored 30 goals this season, what coach in his right mind decides he doesn't need to be there? Morata was excluded from Spain because he hasn't impressed at Chelsea this season, and there are better player's than Sergio Roberto. Icardi is only 25, a goal scorer and very talented. He deserves a spot in that team more than some other players.
cutbcdkpst
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Argentina think building a team around messi can make them win the world cup,truth is they can even win it without him ...great players doesn't mean great team .they need to make a team not big names ,giving each player a row to play and not making other players too free to the extent they affect team mates ...di maria,icardi ,dybala and messi destroy any defence if no one is made bigger than the other...this is international not club football.. watch Germany you will understand why they play well.
liaiklsy
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please lord...if argentina wants to have any chance at thid world cup...leave higuain home...how many more finals can this man lose???
Poydopst
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Am not happy with the decision by the selectors.let's leave personal issues out of football.include icardi please if you want Argentina to go far in the competition.
Vutartz
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So what is wrong with sampoali that made him choose Higuan over Icardi? Isn't it that same Higuan who always squander chances without utilizing them all in the name of jealousy? Or has he bought the coach with part of his income? Higuan must be dropped and Icardi must return to the Argentina team
Jodabdelny
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former Argentinian player even predicted before team selection that icardi will not be there in the team. because he is not in messi s good list. he says that messi has a huge role in team selection.