Inter Miami has hired former Barcelona and Argentina international Javier Mascherano as their new coach.
His appointment comes after Inter Miami coach Gerardo Martino left the MLS club for “personal reasons,” a club source told AFP.
The former Barcelona and Argentina coach led the team to the top of the regular season standings this season before a shock exit to Atlanta United in the first round of the playoffs.
Martino, widely known as ‘Tata’, joined Inter Miami last June as part of the transformation of the club that took place with the arrival of his compatriot Lionel Messi.
Mascherano, the 40-year-old, has most recently worked as coach of the Argentine Under-20 and the Olympic team, which competed in the Paris Olympics.
He made 203 appearances for Barcelona, and as well as playing alongside Messi, he was a teammate of current Inter Miami players Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, and Luis Suarez.
