Luciano Spalletti has said he was the one who had to concede ground in the stand-off between Inter Milan and Mauro Icardi after the Argentinian scored in his return to the side against Genoa on Wednesday.
Before Wednesday, when Inter thrashed Genoa 4-0 away from home, Icardi had not played since February 9:
In the interim he was stripped of the captaincy amid stalled contract negotiations and was heavily linked with a departure from the San Siro, most notably to Real Madrid.
The striker's exile ended against Genoa as he played 80 minutes in Serie A, scoring Inter's second from the penalty spot.