Mauro Icardi

Like, Emre just makes Strikers look so, so, so, so good, bro.

If it's not Icardi, even when Icardi was at PSG, if it's not Gerard Moreno when it is that he was at Villarreal, if it's not...

What was your friend Strikers' name at Sevilla? I can't remember.

It's Tim Gamera.

But if they get knocked out in the playoff around the 16, and they're not even close, then he will have questions.

um and i don't think he's alone in that but to answer the question i think i think it's got to do with the age i don't think country of origin really matters although it helps if they have an eu passport um but i do think that it's also the kind of pr they have mean some players have just great pr lautaro does not have as great pr i mean you have people who literally say oh you know he's he's all right but which is nonsense because he doesn't he's not a sexy name he doesn't he doesn't steal the headlines you know he's not mauro icardi for headlines He's 10,000 times the player Icardi is.

But someone like Icardi, you know, in terms of marketability, that kind of thing matters in modern football.

And Lautaro, he's a quiet guy.

So as you can see, Osimhen.

Before him there was Icardi.

And I think when Osimhen leaves, then they want to replace it only for the name [chuckles] with a big star.

So I think at this point, um, that Dennis Gül is really the backup.

So it's, it's always important to have not just one in-form striker, but two.

I think you saw it as well last season with Galatasaray, you know, when Osimhen was absent, they still had Icardi to fall back on.

And even though he was fat and overweight, he still backed those goals, those important goals in the league that ult-

Yeah

And when we look at all this Manchester City talk where, you know, they say they paid 60 million for a player, but in reality, they paid 120 million.

Galatasaray have been doing that for years now as well, right? Like Wilfred Zaha, Hakim Ziyech, Mauro Icardi, Davinson Sanchez, Ossieman.

All these high-profile players they signed over the last five years they are earning like Ossieman officially makes 15 million a year But he makes 26, 27 million a year in reality.

Icardi, everyone knew this, was making 10 million a year, but they wrote 6 million on the books.

Is his...

Is the type of player he is a concern for his longevity at Inter, or do you see a scenario where he is our new Icardi, our new Martinez, our new undisputed number one striker, or do you foresee a situation where he'll be a, some kind of a, some kind of a Darmian or a rotational piece or, or some kind of a squad player?

You know, we, we made a Champions League final with Dzeko starting at striker as a 37-year-old, whatever he was.

So it, I think it's possible to succeed with a striker of Pio's prototype, but you also have to admit this is, like, not the way football is going.

I'm sure you know this from the last week or two, but Spurs owners injected a further £120 million into the club this for these potential signings in the summer.

There were also reports that Tottenham were looking at Mauro Icardi on a free transfer.

He's a free agent.

He was formerly at Galatasaray, but that was quickly kiboshed because it became clear that Tottenham would not be able to register another player in their Premier League squad.