An unhappy player; a wife-slash-agent who has quickly alienated everyone at the club; and no shortage of friends, family and foes who are more than willing to twist the knife: Inter's feud with Mauro Icardi has all the elements of the trashiest mid-morning soap opera and shows no sign of cooling down. It may feel exhausting, but observers have no choice but to try their best to keep up with the Icardashians.
As the much-repeated trope goes, though, in crisis one can often find opportunity. And it is Icardi's team-mate and compatriot, young striking prospect Lautaro Martinez, who has most to gain if the messy break-up between club and ex-captain proves irreconcilable.