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Adriano Galliani Would Take Mauro Icardi at AC Milan, Slams Football 'Machismo'

Former AC Milan chief executive officer Adriano Galliani has said he'd sign Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardi and defended the player's wife, Wanda Nara, whom he feels is subject to football's "machismo."

It's not common for players at the San Siro to transfer directly from one of Milan's giants to the other, but Galliani hopes an exception may be made for Icardi.

He recently spoke to Corriere della Sera (h/t Goal's Michael Plant) and criticised football's macho mentality for the way Nara—Icardi's agent, as well as his wife—is often treated in the media:

“The Icardi saga has been amplified by the machismo that governs the world of football.