The Inter Milan striker has been battling with Boca Juniors striker Dario Benedetto for a place in the Argentina squad in recent weeks as despite their devastating club form, neither player has managed to truly step up for the 'Albiceleste' quite yet.
However, Icardi's World Cup hopes were given a massive boost at the weekend when Benedetto suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in the match against Racing, all but ruling him out of the tournament.
It was a cruel blow for the 27-year-old, but just minutes following the injury Icardi uploaded a post to Instagram about his happiness, something that many have related to the injury to his rival.
There is nothing to suggest that Icardi was celebrating his rvial's injury and it could all just be a coincidence, but then again it might not be.
Once again, it only serves to highlight the pitfalls of social media for those in the public eye.
Check out the post for yourself below:
El sin codigo de Icardi despues de la lesion de Benedetto subio una foto insinuando que el esta aca. No se como lo toman otros pero para mi es de mala leche. pic.twitter.com/wBfRPb2169
— Nicolás (@nicolasSL1995) 20 November 2017