Messi’s PSG made a strong decision with Icardi and shows him the exit door, even if he can’t find a destination that convinces him

It is finally official what was supposed to happen: Paris Saint-Germain has not included Mauro Icardi in the Champions League list in good faith. The Argentine striker is not part of the plans for the Galtier-Campos version of the team and, as expected, was excluded from the list of players which the club presented to UEFA this week before the start of Europe’s biggest club competition.

Icardi, who he hasn’t played a single minute from the second half, is in Miami, where he traveled with his family on the occasion of the opening of a new store for his wife’s cosmetics brand, entrepreneur Wanda Nara. In PSG they still hope to be able to get rid of him in this market, even if the chances of him getting a club are increasingly slim. With a contract until June 2024, Mauro could only aspire to continue his career in some of the nations that still have the market window open. This is Turkey (until September 8), Portugal (until September 22) or Qatar.

PSG’s decision not to take him into account is so firm that they even excluded him from the list after submitting a list of 23 players, 25 being the maximum allowed.

PSG’s list for the Champions League group stage

Archers (5): Keylor Navas, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sergio Rico, Alexandre Letellier and Lucas Lavallée.

Defenders (7): Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe, Sergio Ramos, Nordi Mukiele, Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes and Juan Bernat.

Midfielders (6): Marco Verratti, Danilo, Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha, Carlos Soler and Renato Sanches.

Forwards (5): Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Pablo Sarabia and Hugo Ekitike.

Uncertain future

The market closure of the main European leagues ended on 1 September and Mauro Icardi has remained without a club for now because Paris Saint Germain has included him in the transfer list and a suitor who meets his economic expectations has not turned up.

His wife and rep Wanda Nara moved as much as possible, but didn’t land a team in any of the major European leagues. And it is that she has closed the market in Spain, Italy, England, Germany, France and the Netherlands. What is she left? A few days in Portugal and Turkey, and Benfica and Galatasaray appear as possible destinations. In the meantime, will he return to training with the main PSG team?

24 players left the Parisian cast due to the determination of coach Christopher Galtier and coach Luis Campos. Gossip assures that the main decision was Kylian Mbappé. Thus, Ángel Di María and Leandro Paredes went to Turin to play for Juventus, but Icardi was left without suitors. So far Icardi has trained differently.

The club is working with Mauro to find the best possible solution. He has had very little playing time and I think the best thing is that he relaunches his career in another more favorable place, “said Galtier, at the beginning of August. It happens that the Argentine has a contract until June 2024. and a high salary.