by C-R » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:29 pm
Inter Milan are ready to sell Chelsea and Liverpool target Mauro Icardi this month.
The Italian giants opened contract negotiations with the Argentine striker late last week, but reports claim that talks have broken down.
Icardi is believed to want a significant wage increase, but with finances tight at the San Siro, Roberto Mancini is not prepared to sign-off on the lucrative extension.
Sources in Italy are now reporting that Inter will instead look to sell the forward following the arrivals of Arsenal's Lukas Podolski and Bayern Munich's Xherdan Shaqiri.
The revelation has put Chelsea and Liverpool on red alert, with both Jose Mourinho and Brendan Rodgers keen to bring Icardi to the Premier League.
Didier Drogba is set to hang his boots up at the end of the season, and after missing out on Andrej Kramaric to Leicester, Mourinho is determined to bring a top young striker to Stamford Bridge.
Rodgers, on the other hand, has a plethora of attacking options at Anfield, but with no-one yet to fill the boots of Luis Suarez, the Ulsterman is keen to pair Icardi with the nearly-fit Daniel Sturridge.
Source: Daily Express