Mauro Icardi admits he didn't expect the Inter Milan captaincy this season.

Icardi has succeeded Andrea Ranocchia.

“In all honesty, when I arrived at Inter I didn't expect to become the captain. I just wanted to score goals and do great things," Icardi told Inter Channel.

“These are choices made for the present and arrive from one moment to the next, but were not planned ahead. There was already talk of it in the papers pre-season, then when the campaign started I found myself with the armband on.

“The first time I wore it against Atalanta, I was unlucky enough to get injured straight away. The second time against Milan I had an armband dedicated to Javier Zanetti for all his years playing here. I had it made especially for him.

“Maybe for the really important games I will have personalised armbands."