Inter Miami continues in his decision to put together a good team for Lionel Messi in his objective of keeping the MLS 2024. After the arrival of Luis Suarez and a couple more names, this Tuesday the pink franchise announced a new reinforcement: the San Juan native Nicolas Freirea 29-year-old central defender, who emerged in Argentinos Juniors 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. And he added: “He has had success in several high-quality competitions throughout his career, and we are excited to bring him on board to help us compete for titles in 2024.”
He debuted in Bicho in August 2013, playing against Godoy Cruz, and defended the La Paternal shirt 96 times, scoring 4 goals until his departure to City Torque in Uruguay, an escalation due to administrative issues that allowed him to reach Old Man football. World.
Freire went through Palmeiras in 2018, where he won a title despite not having played a game for the team that was already coached by the 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 Olympiakos in Greece.
He arrives at Inter Miami on loan for the entire season, to reinforce an area of the field that is essential for the plans of DT Gerardo Martino, who wants his teams advanced on the field and marking well from the top.
“I am very proud to take this step in my career and play for a great club like Inter Miami,” said Freire as a new teammate of Messi and the Barcelona galacticos. “I am eager to join the group and dedicate myself to working hard here. This is a club that dreams big and I am excited to help compete for titles,” he concluded.
Freire will join the team that runs Tata and that in the next few hours will begin a grueling Asian tour of Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan.
If there is no change in the coming weeks, Nico Freire will be the seventh Argentine or with roots in the country to wear the pink shirt in the 2024 season.
Freire’s name joins the other Argentines in the group: Messi, Facundo Farias (injured and out for the entire season), Tomas Aviles, Franco Negri, Nicolas Stefanelli, Santiago Morales y Benjamin Cremaschi, with the exception that these last two are children of Argentines but were born in Spanish and American soil, respectively. Santiago is 16 years old and is the son of former soccer player and Inter Miami interim coach, Javier Morales, while Benja is the son of former rugby player Pablo Cremaschi and after trying out in a youth team coached by Scaloni, he ended up accepting the call from the United States senior team.
It is worth remembering that the coach of Inter Miami is the Argentine Gerardo Tata Martinoleading a coaching staff made up of several compatriots, including the former Racing and San Lorenzo goalkeeper, Sebastian Saja.
All of them could have been added Agustín Palavecinothe River player who negotiated his transfer to Inter Miami in recent days but whose arrival ended up cooling because Núñez was only willing to sell him and not lend him.