Javier Mascherano was one of the players who had the most rise with Leo Messi when they both played for Barcelona. El Jefecito, with a lot of weight in the locker room, was one of the Rosario’s few close friends, whom he took care of at all times. Both were inseparable when traveling, in which they shared mate and long conversations in airport terminals. Now their paths cross again, although with different hierarchies. Inter Miami has appointed the former Barça player and Argentine international as its new coach. Mascherano will thus replace the Argentine Gerardo Tata Martino in office, who resigned last week for “personal reasons.” Curiously, the former coach of the MLS team was also the coach of Barcelona, just before the arrival of Luis Enrique to the culé bench. Mascherano, 40, former coach of the Argentine Under-20 and Under-23 teams, will be officially presented on December 3 at Chase Stadium, in Fort Lauderdale, home of Inter Miami, in what will be his first opportunity at the head of a club. “Being able to coach a club like Inter Miami is an honor for me,” the Argentine said in a statement. “It is a privilege that I will try to make the most of.” ‘Tata’ Martino left office last week, days after being eliminated in the first round of the MLS playoffs, in a surprising loss against Atlanta United after Inter Miami was the best team of the regular season 2024. Mascherano was already aiming for the benches since he was a field player. He had the habit of writing down in a notebook everything that was worked on in training and the different methodologies of his coaches. After his five seasons at Liverpool, which together with the one he played at West Ham helped him add six years in the Premier, he had such prestigious coaches at Barcelona as Pep Guardiola, Tito Vilanova, Tata Martino, Luis Enrique and Ernesto Valverde. There were eight seasons in which he soaked up all the varied scripts. Curiously, in Barcelona he scored his only goal in the last season he wore the Blaugrana. It was April 26, 2017 and after a foul inside the area, the public chanted the name of Mascherano who, spurred on by Piqué, took the ball and kicked the maximum penalty, collaborating in the rout against Osasuna (7-1). He scored his first goal as a culé after 319 games played.Related News Standard Football No Messi closes his second season in Miami with a loud crash and Jordi Alba loses his nerve: “You’re a shit!” MZ Mascherano’s presentation will come two days before the draw for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which will take place precisely in Miami and in which Inter Miami will be participating. “This job requires someone with the experience to be able to maximize our unique collection of talent, from our global superstars to our burgeoning local players, our young international prospects and everything in between,” said Inter Miami owner Jorge Mas. «Javier has accumulated unparalleled experience in his career, from playing on the most important stages in the world to training at the youth international level; “He has the combination of skills and experience that we were looking for,” he added. Jorge Mas said he was convinced that Mascherano will be “an important addition to our club as we continue in our quest to be among the world’s elite, setting a new standard for football in North America.” For his part, David Beckham highlighted that “Javier He has always demonstrated what makes him great: a relentless determination with the knowledge, instincts and understanding behind it. We are very excited to welcome him to lead our team.” As a player, Mascherarno defended the Argentine national team in 147 games with three goals scored and played in the World Cups in Germany-2006, South Africa-2010, Brazil-2014 and France-2018. . At the club level he emerged in River Plate in Argentina and then played, among other teams, in Corinthians, West Ham United, Liverpool and Barcelona, where he was a teammate of Messi, the Uruguayan Luis Suárez and the Spaniards Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
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