"?Atletico Madrid are heavily linked with Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi and are eager to lure the striker to the Spanish capital. However, the Italian side have slapped a €45m price-tag on the 24-year-old star, according to Argentinian media outlet El Intransigente (Via "?Marca).
Argentinian Icardi, who has scored an astonishing 47 goals in 88 appearances since joining Inter from fellow Italian side Sampdoria in 2013, is likely to stay at the San Siro however, since the 2010 Champions League winners have recently been taken over by Chinese giants Suning Commerce Group who will be eager to keep hold of their captain.
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"?"?Although Atletico manager Diego Simeone is said to be keen on capturing the Barcelona academy product and is willing to pay big money to get his man. This comes after "?reports in May that Inter president Erick Thohir said the Argentinian international is going nowhere.
Thohir told Corriere dello Sport (via "?Daily Mail): "Players like Icardi, Perisic and Miranda are Inter players and we will tell anyone who makes an approach they are not for sale.
"We have a strategy. We need at least 16 players who are at the same level."
Inter will be desperate to keep hold of their star players having missed out on a Champions League spot after finishing in 4th place, 13 points behind Luciano Spalletti's Roma.
Thohir added: "Of course we would have liked to qualify for the Champions League, but qualifying for the Europa League is not a disaster.
"It would be a problem if we were not qualifying for European football at all. That is why we will not be selling six first team regulars or so. We might sell two or three players, but no more."