PSG launch £54m transfer offer for Mauro Icardi as talks begin with Inter Milan after successful loan spell
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN have reportedly launched a £54million offer to seal Mauro Icardi's permanent transfer from Inter Milan.
Sky Sports claim the Ligue 1 champions have made an initial bid of £44.7m plus a further £8.9m in add-ons for the Argentine striker.
Icardi has been on loan at the Parc des Princes since last summer in a deal that included a £62.7m option to buy.
Yet following football's financial crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, PSG are hoping to pay a smaller fee for the 27-year-old.
Icardi has impressed in France this season, scoring 20 goals in 28 appearances in all competitions in a fearsome front-three alongside Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
The former Inter captain remains under contract at the Nerazzurri until the summer of 2022.
Antonio Conte was hopeful of a deal that could see Edinson Cavani heading the other way on a free transfer at the end of the season.
The Uruguayan is out of contract at PSG this summer - so is free to speak to other clubs - and has also been a target for Atletico Madrid since January.
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