Miami is not only "Barçaized", Martino named 4 supernovas, Messi, a small fan brother will join
After Messi joined, the American media increasingly used the term "Barcelonaization" to describe Internacional Miami. With the addition of Martino, Busquets and Alba, Miami International's "Barçaization" has become more serious, but they also have a more careful team plan.
"Barcelonaization" of Miami International
In addition to Messi, Sergio Busquets, Alba and manager Martino, Internacional Miami has more Barça factors. They actually have two Barçans, 42-year-old chief commercial officer Asensi and vice president of operations Victor Oliver.
Asensi has been with Barça Asia since 2011 and took over as Barça's Global Commercial Director in 2018. In 2021, he accepted Miami International's offer to serve as Chief Commercial Officer and report directly to Maas. During Messi's arrival, Asensi was responsible for negotiating with Messi's father and agent Jorge Messi, which played an important role in the eventual signing of both sides.
Another Barça native is Victor Oliver, vice president of operations, who previously worked for a similar job at Barca for six years. Oliver's job is also very important, he is responsible for increasing the daily revenue, which is very important to the club in the context of the centralized sale of television rights in the major leagues. He was also responsible for the construction of Miami's Liberty Park Stadium.
Suarez + Messi Junior
After signing three top players, Miami is still hiring. Maas confirmed that Internacional Miami has reached an agreement with Cologne to buy 70% ownership of Farias for a transfer fee of $5.5 million. The 19-year-old Farias was talented and made his Aliga debut at the age of 17. In February 2020, Farias signed his first professional contract with Santa Fe, and after the death of his mother, father and grandmother, Farias and his sister depended on each other.
In 2022, Farias partially ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a scramble, and missed eight months due to injury. Speaking about partnering Messi, Farias said: "It's a very unique experience, but I haven't signed anything yet and there are a few details that need to be adjusted. I'm happy and want it to happen as soon as possible, he's an idol for everyone. ”
In fact, Farias is a die-hard fan of Messi, who once filmed a video of breaking the World Cup star card with his girlfriend Oliveira. When the Messi star card was removed, the two celebrated wildly, and the video went viral on social networks.
Internacional Miami has signed Diego Gomez, who, despite being only 20 years old, has already won the Paraguayan league twice and is also captain of the Paraguayan national youth team. Meanwhile, Internacional Miami is also trying to sign young players like Avilles and Brian Aguirre.
However, the Newell Old Boy has turned down Internacional Miami, and Aguirre will stay on. After assuming the role of Internacional Miami manager, Martino asked the club to sign the three Argentine youngsters, of which Internaciental Miami has already offered 6 million euros for Aviles.
The most notable time was Suarez, after Messi joined Miami International, the media revealed that Miami also wanted to sign Suarez. However, Maas maintained an extremely cautious attitude, "He is a Gremio player, and it is possible. We know the relationship between him and Messi and Sergio Busquets, they played together. At the moment, I haven't been in contact with Gremio or Suarez, and if he does leave, we are free to contact him and sign him, and it is indeed possible. ”
The addition of Messi, Busquets and Alba will quickly improve the strength of the team, and the arrival of talented new stars shows that Miami International has focused on the future, and the combination of new and old may make Miami International truly grow into a strong team.