Mauro Icardi is suing Inter Milan for discrimination, claiming €1.5 million in damages and to be allowed back into the first-team fold.
In published extracts from the legal document Icardi alleges the club took “clearly discriminatory” action against him.
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The forward said that apart from being dropped from advertising campaigns and the team photoshoot for this season’s new jersey, he was also forced to train separately from the first team (after warming up together) and excluded from specific training sessions for forwards, directed by Inter coach Antonio Conte.
Icardi is suing to be allowed back into the full training sessions and claiming damages amounting to at least 20 percent of his salary, approximately €1.5m.
Sources told ESPN FC on Friday that Atletico Madrid are negotiating a deal to sign Icardi on loan with the option to buy for €70m.
He has been linked with moves to Juventus and Napoli but, according to ESPN FC sources, would be delighted to join Atletico as he and his family are keen to move to Madrid.
The problems with Icardi, who was Inter’s star forward, began in January in a contract dispute. The Argentine was then stripped of the captaincy.