Inter fight back to beat Chievo in Serie A
Serie A's top goalscorer will not be moving to the Chinese Super League anytime soon.
Mauro Icardi scored again to help Inter Milan come from behind to beat Chievo Verona 3-1 on Saturday, and his goalscoring rate is sure to be garnering attention among the new pacesetters in the global transfer market.
However, Icardi, who turns 24 on Thursday, insists he is not about to follow the likes of Carlos Tevez, Axel Witsel, Oscar, and John Obi Mikel to China.
"I renewed my contract at the beginning of the year and I'm happy to stay with this shirt," Icardi said.
"There's always time to go to China at the end of my career."
Icardi scored the equaliser in the 69th minute, volleying in Antonio Candreva's cross from the right.
Icardi's 15th goal in 20 league matches moved him two clear of Roma forward Edin Dzeko and Torino's Andrea Belotti in the goalscoring charts.
Icardi also had a hand in the winner, four minutes from time.
He won the ball back in midfield and set up Ivan Perisic, who raced towards goal before firing past Stefano Sorrentino after the Chievo defenders backed away from him.
Eder topped the scoring in stoppage time.
Inter extended their winning run in the league to five matches and moved to fifth, level on points with AC Milan, which have played two matches less than Stefano Pioli's side and visits Torino on Monday. Chievo remained 11th.
"We had a great game," Icardi said. "We've shown we have character for several games now."
Meanwhile, Bologna beat Crotone 1-0 to move to 14th and 13 points off the relegation zone.
