The Inter Miami team was unable to complete the championships in the American Football League and was eliminated with two matches before the end of the season, and Messi’s future is already rumored.
After removing Inter Miami From the fight for the playoffs Multilateralthe technician Gerardo Martino He gave a positive evaluation of his first season at the helm of the team and denied rumors that said so Lionel Messi He could be loaned out to Barcelona in the coming months.
“It’s going to be an outing, isn’t it? This surprises me, I don’t know anything,” Martino said of reports that emerged this week that Messi could wear his former club’s uniform again within the Inter months. Rest until the 2024 season.
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“If you told me you were going to Barcelona on vacation, I would say yes, it’s possible, but I don’t know about that.” The coach settled the rumors that circulated in the Spanish media after Inter’s main owner, Jorge Mas, said in an interview that he would do “everything possible in the future” so that Messi would have “the opportunity to bid farewell to his fans next year.” Barcelona”.
The 36-year-old Argentine star concluded his first career in the North American League (MLS) on Saturday, in which he led Inter to the first title in its history in the League Cup, a joint championship with the Mexican League.
After four games out due to injury, the Argentine captain took to the field in the second half but was unable to avoid a 1-0 defeat to FC Cincinnati Which sentenced Inter to elimination with two matches remaining.
To Messi “I saw him lacking in football anyway. The injury is fine, no problem, but it makes sense because recently he has played very little and it can happen that he lacks rhythm, which is why he also only played 32 or 33 minutes.” , Martino explained.
The so-called “Messi era” at Miami, which began with his famous signing in mid-July, handed Inter the first trophy in their league history. League Cup But things slowed down due to physical problems that prevented the Argentine from playing in the final of the tournament us Open Cup, Losing to Houston, helping his teammates in the playoff race.
“We have won one out of three possible championships, it is a very important fact for us because at the end of the season there will be 25 other teams who have not won.” Martino recalls. “From this point of view we are satisfied.”
“There is a lot of work to be done in what comes next,” he added. “What the club did in the summer was exceptional (…) Now we have to be precise and solid in our analysis again.”
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