Wednesday, October 23

Inter Miami confirms hiring of Tata Martino, reuniting him with Lionel Messi

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami confirmed the hiring of Gerardo “Tata” Martino as coach on Wednesday, setting the stage for him to be reunited with Lionel Messi subsequent month.

Martino coached Messi with each Barcelona and Argentina’s nationwide crew. Messi has introduced that he’s coming to Major League Soccer to play for Inter Miami, together with his contract set to be signed in time for a deliberate debut match on July 21.

Martino’s hiring was broadly reported earlier than the crew made the announcement. He coached Atlanta United to an MLS championship in 2018, successful the league’s coach of the 12 months that season.



Martino replaces Phil Neville, who was fired 4 weeks in the past. Inter Miami is 5-13-0 in MLS play this season, the worst document of the 15 groups within the Eastern Conference.

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