Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan)
Estimated Wages: £60,000
Contract Expiry: 2021
The 23-year old has been thriving under the pressure of captaincy at Inter Milan and has been in belligerent form this term as well. Having scored 15 goals and assisted a further 7 strikes already this term in 20 appearances, the Argentine, on an average, is involved in a goal every 81 minutes.
Despite his club going through a difficult transition phase, that has seen managers come in and go with some surprising frequency, Icardi hasn’t let all the negativity affect his game and has scored 53 times for the Nerazzurri in the past two and a half seasons.
Statistically speaking, his numbers are almost the same as Costa. He averages 3.6 shots per game to Costa’s 3.1, wins 1.7 aerial duels every 90 minutes compared to the former Atletico forward’s 1.1 and completes 73% of his passes with Costa averaging 74.7% pass success-rate.
New manager Stefano Pioli has gone on record stating that he needs funds to build the Inter team in his own image and given Icardi’s turbulent relationship with the Inter supporters, it might not come as a surprise that he is let go of to generate funds.