As a Milan fan, watching the Inter-Icardi-Wanda meltdown has
been absolutely Karmalicious. Most people don’t mind a few character flaws, but I
find them to be more important than talent. There was a while that Icardi’s
talents masked his poor character, but now Karma has caught up to him and to
Wanda, and it is hurting Inter, too. All have shown horrific character in the
past, and only a fraction of the Karma they have earned is coming back to them
at this point. But that is the trouble with Icardi.
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| Divers will be cheaters |
Let’s start with Inter. It is no secret how
much I hate them, and not for the pathetic team they tend to be on the
pitch. Their involvement
with Calciopoli, their denial of wrongdoing in the face of the scandal,
as well as their complete lack of accountability make them the worst scum of
the earth in my book. Add to that the fact that they are in the fourth year of
sanctions with a three year FFP plan. The way they’ve managed their finances
over the year is one of the reasons we have FFP, actually, despite multiple
changes of ownership. And speaking of management, not only do they overspend,
they have a habit of buying players with very poor character, which is why they
fail to win so much.
That leads me to Icardi. He stole his friend’s wife, an
older woman with poor character herself. Even if you believe the pathetic
claims of Inter fans of who cheated on whom, he broke the code: never date or
marry your friend’s exes. As if that wasn’t enough, how they have behaved in
the public eye since then has been worse. They continuously published photos on
social media of Maxi Lopez’s kids, despite him having asked them not to. He
actually had to get a court to intervene to get them to stop. Mauro & Wanda
have often used the children as pawns to try to get more money from him, and
even had his Argentinian passport suspended claiming he was late on child
support. But he wasn’t. And even as recently as the past couple of weeks, Lopez
publicly stated they would not allow him to see his children, even on their
birthdays. That is disgusting.
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| This is what happens when you steal your friend's Barbie doll and make her your agent |
Icardi has always had a love hate relationship with the
Inter fans. They love it when he scores, but he has given them so many reasons
to hate him. Specifically, in 2016, he published an autobiography (which of
course he had someone else write for him.) In it, he lied about a confrontation
with the Curva Nord Ultras, and claimed to have threatened them, which was
actually a lie. It never happened. That would be reprehensible for any player,
but he was the captain. And despite them begging then for him to have the
armband removed, he was only fined.
His armband finally was removed in the most delicious of
ways a few weeks ago. First, Inter posted to social media a hint that the
armband was changing, then the following day, they made it public. Then their
management one by one made statements that it was a decision supported by the
entire team. And then they went on to win a few games… without him at all, even
though they had been losing and he was in a scoring drought.
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| Even while talking about her husband/client, she was upstaged by the Piatek fan |
I literally don’t even know all of the reasons why, other than
some stuff went down within the team, and his wife/agent went on Italian TV,
where she is paid to talk about Serie A every week. She spoke out about things
being leaked from the club that should not have been, and that put this whole
chain of events into motion. I don’t even care about all of the drama, something
about Perisic and possibly others, whatever. Having the armband removed from
him was only the beginning of Icardi and Wanda’s public meltdown. He has
refused to play since then, claiming an injury, although Inter has very
publicly released medical information to the contrary and deemed him fit to
play.
At the heart of all of this is the very long and drawn out
issue of his contract renewal. Had he hired a capable football agent, his
renewal probably would have happened a long time ago. But he went with his
wife, who has no other football or agent experience. She also accepted the job
as a pundit for TV, which is another conflict of interest, and is one of the
biggest factors in this whole affair. Even FIFA President, Gianni Infantino,
who is actually an Inter fan, said that they have been working to regulate the
industry for agents because of people exactly like Wanda.
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| Who wore it better? Wanda or Mino Raiola? |
I have no problems with a woman being an agent, it is an
industry that has been dominated by men for far too long. I have issues with
people who hire family members as agents. It is one thing to put your career
into the hands of someone you trust, like a father or mother or sibling. But
they should also be trained well and ideally have experience. However a spouse
brings together a completely different dynamic. With the blinders that come
when you choose a family member rather than sharing DNA and simply growing
together, a spouse or partner is not going to be able to be as objective or see
the big picture.
In this scenario, you have a woman who has shown poor
character in her many career choices, always being willing to do whatever it
takes to put herself in the spotlight, even if it harms a spouse or children.
Now she has a very public platform to make or break her client/husband’s career.
And she has done just that, with the help of his poor character, of course. And
that is how Inter’s captain has now benched himself, lost the armband, and is
being linked to other teams who buy players with poor character, like Juventus.
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| Poor character, poor fashion, poor choices...when does it end? |
The big question is whether or not Icardi and his “agent”-wife
will be able to work things out to have him face Milan in the Derby in less
than two weeks. For years, he was unable to score against Milan, then the gates
of hell opened up. All drama aside, I’m not sure too many Milan fans want to
see his ugly face on the pitch against us. Seeing him in the stands would be absolutely Karmalicious. But as talented as he may be, his poor
character, as well that of his wife and even his club, may prevent him from wreaking
more vengeance upon us. Because poor character eventually gets in the way of
your success on the pitch… again. And that is the trouble with Icardi.
This post inspired by the music of The
Prodigy
Our next match is
Serie A Week 27
Chievo vs. Milan
Saturday, March 9
• 20:30 CET (2:30pm EST)