40m not enough to sign Chelsea target Icardi, insist Inter Milan director

Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio has insisted that not even a bid of €40 million would be enough to lure Mauro Icardi away from San Siro.

The 22-year-old has been in sublime form in 2014-15, netting 14 goals in 24 Serie A appearances, and his performances have not gone unnoticed elsewhere.


Nevertheless, Inter see Icardi as an important player for the future and have no intention of cashing in on the prolific forward.

"What if someone bids €40m for him in the summer? Well we’ve got no intention of doing business, we’re thinking of the present and future of this football club with Icardi," Ausilio told Sky Sport.

"Our intentions are clear. We’re building a team to last for a long time with very talented, young players.

"As well as Mateo Kovacic and Icardi, we’ve added more quality players such as Marcelo Brozovic and Xherdan Shaqiri and we want to continue in this vein."

Argentina international Icardi, who previously played at Sampdoria and Barcelona, has a contract with Inter until June 2018.