Inter Miami have gone right to the top of the MLS rankings and in people's minds since David Beckham launched his franchise and discarded Phil Neville as manager.
The Miami-based side have the glitz and glamour of superstar players on the pitch but always look to improve. A cohort of ex-Barcelona players has Inter Miami playing exciting football, but perhaps there could still be some further additions, including homegrown talents and new blood from South America.
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Inter Miami new signings summer 2024 – confirmed
🇺🇾 Luis Suarez
Gremio
Free transfer
🇦🇷 Federico Redondo
Argentinos Juniors
£6.3m
🇵🇾 Matias Rojas
Corinthians
Free transfer
🇵🇾 David Martinez
River Plate
Loan
🇺🇸 Julian Gressel
Columbus Crew
Free transfer
Luis Suarez has been Inter Miami's biggest signing over the past 12 months. The former Barcelona and Liverpool striker is linking up with Copa America winner Lionel Messi once again. Suarez's joining Inter Miami means they now boast four ex-Barcelona players. Expectations are certainly high, so sitting second in the Eastern Conference will be well-respected.
Despite having turned 37 earlier this year, many may have thought Suarez was going to Miami for one final payday but he's been tearing defences up as he's done in every other country. The Uruguayan international has missed the last few games at Copa America but before departing he'd registered 21 goal involvements in only 20 appearances.
Federico Redondo's start to life in the MLS has been stuttering. He has missed 17 games across all competitions. Redondo has yet to show the fans why Inter Miami made him their third highest-paid transfer of all time, although time is certainly on his side.
It's not all about the superstar names and big transfer fees for Inter Miami and that's what has made their model work so effectively. In the last few months, they brought in Julian Gressel, who has MLS experience from his time with Columbus Crew, while also adding some South American flair in the form of Matias Rojas, who arrived as a free agent from Corinthians.
It was quite obvious that Inter Miami were gunning for a big-name signing at centre-back this summer amidst links to Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane. However, neither of those have been able to come to fruition, forcing them to turn their attention to a more realistic player in David Martinez. The Argentine centre-back has joined on loan until next summer allowing himself plenty of time to prove why he should be handed a permanent contract.
Martinez is a Paraguay international and played at Copa America 2024 this summer, so has a good pedigree heading to his new club, but he's never played outside of Argentina, so the MLS will be a tough ask.
Inter Miami transfer window rating so far: B
Given the MLS transfer window works in different ways from the one well-known all over Europe, a lot of their business was done much earlier in the year and even the backend of 2023. However, the signing of Suarez alone has been a major hit and there can be no complaints.
Adding free agents is such an astute way to run a football club, especially if they are ones of such a high calibre. However, Miami will need all of their squad depth as the season goes on, so recruiting the likes of Gressel and Rojas will be crucial. This is very true in this quad given their star players are not getting any younger.
To now be able to boast a squad consisting of Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and now Suarez, they are going to be such a threat for at least this season and one more to come.
Inter Miami confirmed departures summer 2024
- Gregore – Botafogo (£2.1 million)
- Kamal Miller – Portland Timbers (£480,000)
- Jean Mota – EC Vitoria (£270,000)
- Leandro Gonzalez Pirez – River Plate (£153,000)
- DeAndre Yedlin – Cincinnati (£134,000)
- Josef Martinez – Montreal (Free transfer)
- Shanyder Borgelin – Vendsyssel FF (Undisclosed fee)
