Mauro Icardi received the ‘Athlete of the Year’ award at the GQ Men of The Year awards ceremony. Icardi’s wife, Wanda Nara, came on stage to give the award and made a short speech. Wanda Nara said, “I knew Istanbul because I had gone on holiday with the children before. Here I bought Francesca a Galatasaray jersey and a few years later Mauro was transferred to Galatasaray. Istanbul is a very beautiful city. I convinced Mauro to move to Istanbul. “We thank you very much, Istanbul, our new home. I am giving this award to Mauro Icardi, who did everything he could for Galatasaray,” he said.
Icardi, who received the award from his wife Wanda Nara, said in his speech on stage: “It is very special for me to receive the athlete of the year award here. A very bad event happened in the football world last week. I would like to say that I think we need to improve ourselves in this respect. Many thanks to Galatasaray.” “Thanks to them, I am here,” he said.