Football Lionel Messi finds himself without a coach at Inter Miami

Lionel Messi is in Argentina, focused on what the match between Albiceleste and Peru will be like. However, this Tuesday, he received surprising news from the United States. Indeed, Gerardo Martino has resigned from his position as coach of Inter Miami. The trans-Andean coach leaves after managing 66 matches, with 34 wins, 18 draws and 14 defeats. In the season that just ended, he managed to add 74 points, a record in MLS history. They leave after winning the 2023 League Cup and the 2024 Supporters’ Shield.

Tata’s last words at the American club will be next Friday, when he will explain at a press conference his determination to withdraw. According to what was reported by the North American media, the coach informed the board that his decision was made for personal reasons.

In the United States, the coach was widely criticized after Inter Miami failed to win the title in MLS of this year. Despite the units’ record in the regular phase, in the playoffs the cast made up of Messi, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, among other stars, failed to maintain its performance.

The departure of the 61-year-old coach adds to the complicated experiences he has had as a coach. There are generally good returns, but also turbulent times. The man from Rosario, one of Marcelo Bielsa’s ‘heirs’, started his career on the bench managing Almirante Brown, then moved to Platense and later to Instituto de Córdoba. His first international experience was leading Paraguay’s Libertad, which also earned him a trip to Cerro Porteño. He made a brief stay in Columbus, in his country. Then, between 2007 and 2011, he coached the Paraguayan national team. He took the redhead to the World Cup in South Africa and they finished second in the Copa América.

After his experience at the head of the Guarani team, he arrived at Newell’s Old Boys, the club which trained him as a player. To immediately surprise the world and take charge of Barcelona, ​​where he spent only a year. There he managed Alexis Sánchez. He then spent two years as Argentina coach, in a process marked by defeats in the 2015 and 2016 Copa América against Chile.

After the second final lost against La Roja, he gave up and left for Altanta United. It was his first step in MLS. He then coached the Mexican team, with poor results, eventually returning to the United States, now to lead the Inter Miami project. Until he leaves this Tuesday.

The management of the Florida club, led by Jorge Más and David Beckham, must quickly look for the new strategist for the challenges of the 2025 season, where the demands are high, since they will compete in the Club World Cup. News which was announced by Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA. “It was an incredible moment to be able to announce live to the Inter Miami fans, who had an incredible season with a record points record and everything else, that the team qualified. He is now officially a part of the 32 best clubs in the world, just a few years after its creation. You can now start writing your own history on the world stage,” said the Italian.

World football’s governing body’s explanation for leading up to world’s highest team competition to the casting which until this Monday was directed by Gerardo Martino It is granted because the United States is the host country. This also means that they will play the opening match of the renewed global competition at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Now, according to what is being reported in the international media, the list of names that could replace Tata is long and has Xavi, Jürgen Klopp, Andrés Iniesta, Wilfried Nancy, Frank Lampard, Joachim Low, Erik Ten Hag, Massimiliano Allegri, Maurizio Sarri, Jürgen Klinsmann and Tite.