Overview

• Former Barcelona academy teammate Sergi Gomez detailed on the Post United podcast that he witnessed Icardi use a homemade slingshot to kill a pigeon during their three-to-four seasons living together at La Masia.
• Gomez recounted how Icardi plucked the bird’s feathers, threaded a wire through its body, cooked it over a fire and ate it in front of shocked fellow academy players.
• Icardi joined Barcelona’s famed youth setup ahead of the 2008–09 season after rejecting reported interest from Arsenal, Liverpool and Valencia.
• Now 32, the Argentine striker has won three consecutive Turkish league titles since joining Galatasaray.
• He is embroiled in divorce proceedings with Wanda Nara, with competing infidelity accusations that could influence any spousal support settlement.