Argentine defender Nicolás Freire was announced as a new Inter Miami player from the United States, where he will be a teammate of world champion Lionel Messi.
The former Argentinos Juniors, whose pass belongs to Pumas UNAM, from Mexico, arrives on loan for one season, after a spell at Olympiakos, from Greece.
Although the man from San Juan had a contract until June of this year with the club from the city of Piraeus, he was able to resolve his departure and will join the team led by Gerardo Martinobefore starting the preseason tour of Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan.
“I am very proud to take this step in my career and play for a great club like Inter Miami”said Freire, 29, in dialogue with the Florida club’s official website.
And I add: “I really want to join the group and dedicate myself to working hard here. This is an ambitious club that dreams big and I am excited to help them compete for titles”.
The “Tata” Martino He knows Freire well, who stood out at Pumas when the Argentine coach was in charge of the Mexican national team, between 2019 and 2022. The left-footed defender played a total of 129 games until mid-2023.
In addition, the Rosario coach has good references Gabriel Heinzewho led Freire in the team of Argentinos Juniors which was promoted to the First Division in 2017.
“Nicolás offers us a solid defensive presence who we know will work hard and help control the backline”said Chris Henderson, sporting director of Inter Miami.
Along the same lines, the manager detailed: “He was successful in several high-quality competitions throughout his career and we are excited to incorporate him to help us compete for titles in 2024. We believe your experience will be an advantage to us.“.
The central defender will be a teammate of his compatriots Messi, Facundo Farías (injured and out for the entire season), Tomás Avilés, Franco Negri, Nicolás Stefanelli, Santiago Morales and Benjamín Cremaschi. Both Morales and Cremaschi They are children of Argentines, but were born in Spain and the United States, respectively.
For his part, the top manager of the American franchise, the Englishman David Beckham is trying to achieve the hiring of the Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho31 years old, who had two stints in Barcelona as a teammate Messi, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets,
While today alarming news emerged for the tour that Inter Miami will undertake through Asia, since Al Nassr suspended its next tour of China due to a muscle injury to its top star, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldoand this also jeopardizes the friendly that they were going to play against Messi’s team on February 1 in Saudi Arabia, and which was promoted as the last meeting between the two.
Source: Ambito
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