The former midfielder, who was in charge of the Argentine U-20 and U-23 National Team, will leave the position to replace Gerardo Martino at Las Garzas.
Surprise, they assure that Javier Mascherano will be the new technician Inter Miami and will direct Lionel Messiwith whom he shared a team in Barcelona and the Argentine National Team. The former midfielder, who worked as coach of the Albiceleste under-20 and under-23, will replace Gerardo Martino.
El Jefecito would have been chosen by the owners of Las Garzas to face a new long-term project and will sign for three years after the departure of Tata, who left office for “personal reasons” after a sporting frustration as Inter was left out in the first round of the MLS playoffs. In this new challenge, Masche would be accompanied by Lucas Rodríguez Pagano, until then his assistant in the U-20.
In this way, the former Liverpool player, among others, will be reunited with old acquaintances because, in addition to La Pulga, he was a teammate in the Spanish cast of Jordi Alba, Luis Suárez and Sergio Busquets. They are not the only ones who shared moments because they are also Tomás Avilés, Federico Redondo and Facundo Faríaswhom he directed in the National Team.
Mascherano’s career as a coach
Mascherano had started his career on the bench at the end of 2021. His only experience in the position was in youth teams and he had resigned in January 2023, after the under-20s remained eliminated from the South American and without qualifying for the World Cup (he finally played it because the venue was changed and it was played in the country). However, at that time the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapiaand Lionel Scaloni They convinced him to continue.
The last competition he played in office was with the U-23 team at the Paris Olympic Games. competition in which Argentina was eliminated by France in the quarterfinals and it marked a hard sporting setback since expectations were high, especially due to the presence of three world champions on the squad: Gerónimo Rulli, Nicolás Otamendi and Thiago Almada.
Source: Ambito
