Soccer Football - Serie A - Inter Milan v Bologna - San Siro, Milan, Italy - February 3, 2019 Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi reacts REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
MILAN (Reuters) - Inter Milan's leading scorer Mauro Icardi does not to want to play in their Europa League match against Rapid Vienna on Thursday after being stripped of the club captaincy, coach Luciano Spalletti said on Wednesday.
Spalletti said the "difficult and painful" decision was made to remove the captaincy because the protracted negotiations over a possible extension of Icardi's contract were distracting the player and the team.
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