Inter Miami have signed a central defender from San Juan and there are now eight Argentinians in Lionel Messi’s squad

InterMiami continues in his decision to put together a good team for Lionel Messi in his aim to maintain the MLS 2024. After the arrival of Luis Suarez and a couple more names, this Tuesday the pink franchise announced a new reinforcement: the native of San Juan Nicolas Freirea 29-year-old central defender, who emerged in Juniors of Argentina and passing through Europe, Brazil and Ecuador.

“Nicolás offers us a solid presence, we know he will work hard and help command the defensive line,” said Chris Henderson, Inter Miami sporting director. He added: “He has been successful in several high-quality competitions throughout his career and we are thrilled to bring him on board to help us compete for titles in 2024.”

He made his debut in Bicho in August 2013, playing against Godoy Cruz, and defended the Paternal shirt 96 times, scoring 4 goals until his departure for City Torque in Uruguay, an escalation due to administrative problems that allowed him to reach Old Man football. .

Freire moved to Palmeiras in 2018, where he won a title despite not having played a match with the team already coached by Portuguese Abel Ferreira. And his best moment was at Pumas de la UNAM, where he played 114 games and scored 5 goals, a regularity that allowed him to play the last semester at Olympiacos in Greece.

He arrives at Inter Miami on loan for the entire season, to strengthen an area of ​​the pitch that is fundamental to the plans of DT Gerardo Martino, who wants his teams advanced on the pitch and marking well from above.

“I am very proud to take this step in my career and to play for a great club like Inter Miami,” Freire said as Messi and the Barcelona Galacticos’ new teammate. “I’m eager to join the group and dedicate myself to working hard here. This is a club that dreams big and I’m excited to help compete for titles,” he concluded.

Freire will join the team that manages Tata and which will begin a grueling Asian tour in the next few hours, touching Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan.

If there are no changes in the coming weeks, Nico Freire will be the seventh Argentine or with roots in the country to wear the pink jersey in the 2024 season.

Freire’s name is added to that of the other Argentinians in the group: Messi, Facundo Farias (injured and out for the whole season), Thomas Aviles, Franco Negri, Nicola Stefanelli, Santiago Morales AND Beniamino Cremaschi, with the exception that the latter two are the children of Argentinians but were born on Spanish and American soil respectively. Santiago is 16 years old and is the son of the former footballer and interim coach of Inter Miami, Javier Morales, while Benja is the son of the former rugby player Pablo Cremaschi and after trying out in the youth team coached by Scaloni, he ended up accepting the call from US senior team.

It is worth mentioning that the coach of Inter Miami is Argentine Gerardo Tata Martinoleading a technical staff made up of several compatriots, including the former Racing and San Lorenzo goalkeeper, Sebastiano Saja.

Everyone could have been added Agostino Palavecinothe River player who in recent days had negotiated his transfer to Inter Miami but whose arrival ended up going cold because Núñez was only willing to sell him and not loan him.