The coach of Inter Miami, Javier Mascheranosaid Thursday that the club had no intention of recruiting Neymaramong other things for reasons linked to imposed salary cap by MLS, a situation that makes the signing of the Brazilian “almost impossible“. “We can’t talk about Ney because we have nothing,” said the new coach of the ‘Herons’ team, who, in this way, took the upper hand on the recent rumors linked to the ‘arrival of the Brazilian in the South Florida team and, in this way, reissued the ‘MSN’ trident (Messi, Suarez and Neymar) du FC Barcelona.
During a press conference, Mascherano said that, looking ahead to 2025, his priority is toget the reinforcements the team needs after the sales and transfers made at the end of last season and promised that, in the coming weeks, the club would give more details on this matter. Regarding the reunion with Messi, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets, his former teammates at FC Barcelona, the Argentinian declared that they happened naturally, even ifhe now wears a coach’s uniform.
“We have experienced extraordinary things for a very long time and nothing is going to change that“, said the former Barcelona midfielder. Inter Miami will start the pre-season with a friendly match on January 18 in Las Vegas (Nevada) against America, reigning champion of the Mexican League, a match for which the South Florida team will arrive with little preparation timeas his coach admitted.
“Perhaps it would have been better to tackle them with a little more practicebut that’s what we have to do, so we’re going to try to prepare in the best way possible,” Mascherano said of the match, against what he considers a “high-level rival“. The Argentine said that, since his appointment, he has taken the opportunity to study MLS and, in particular, Eastern Association teamswhere captain Lionel Messi’s team plays. He highlighted teams like Columbus or Cincinattiwho have a game with clear ideas that are quite consolidated.
