This is a story of our times, the story of an iconic footballer and his agent/wife in the age of Twitter and #MeToo. The impact of Wanda Nara, agent to her husband, Internazionale striker Mauro Icardi, tells the tale of a football community still reluctant in some quarters to renounce old-fashioned male chauvinism.
For a start, many Inter fans are worried that Ms Nara’s aggressive marketing of her famous spouse could lead to his departure from the club. And then there are those who believe, basically, that the 32-year-old is interfering in men’s business.
But to put this tale in context, you have to go back six years to the hot summer of 2013 when Icardi, Nara and another footballer, Maxi Lopez, all three of them Argentinian, became the protagonists…
