The agent of Inter Milan captain Mauro Icardi admits Napoli tried to sign him last summer.

Napoli moved to Icardi after selling Gonzalo Higuain to Juventus.

“Icardi was close to Napoli, who would've offered €70m," he told Radio Crc.

“After their American tour, Inter - who never accepted De Laurentiis' offer - gave economic and technical guarantees that convinced the lad.

“Seeing Higuain's scoring achievement, he thought he could've scored 40 [at Napoli].

“The future? I think he'll stay at Inter, but they sell him then he may even pocket [Inter] €100m because there's a clause of €110m for foreign clubs.

“Still, if they sell him then they have to replace him with someone at least as strong."