“Diego Gomez joined Inter Miami at the same time Messi joined David Beckham’s team as president and co-owner (July 2023).
Messi himself later had very positive reviews about Diego Gomez, and has been accompanying the young player throughout the past time.
This has helped the Paraguayan player to continuously improve. Diego Gomez won the 2023 Leagues Cup with Messi, but only played as a substitute.
He also played only 5 matches in the MLS last season due to injury, scoring 1 goal.
However, Messi always encouraged Diego Gomez, so that now he is an indispensable pillar of Inter Miami”,
Ben Jacobs expressed in the comment section on the GiveMeSport platform (USA) recently.
In the 2024 season, Diego Gomez played for Inter Miami a total of 16 matches, scored 4 goals and had 4 assists.
During Messi’s absence from the Copa America, the Paraguayan played a significant role in Inter Miami’s back-to-back victories, after returning from an ankle injury.
Diego Gomez’s promising talent was noticed by Premier League club Brighton, who reached an agreement to sign him for an initial fee believed to be around $12.8 million.
However, according to journalist Ben Jacobs, the actual figure, including other fees, pushed the deal up to $18 million. This is a record transfer fee not only for Inter Miami, but also for the entire MLS, for a player transfer to a larger league, namely the Premier League.
“Inter Miami won big on this deal. They recruited Diego Gomez for less than $3 million from Libertad Club (Paraguay) in 2022, before officially owning this player in July 2023 at the same time Messi arrived. Mr. David Beckham’s team also reached a very excellent agreement, which is to keep Diego Gomez until the winter transfer window (early 2025). After that, this player joined Brighton. Thereby, Inter Miami still has enough resources to compete for the MLS Cup championship at the end of this year as ambitious”, Ben Jacobs emphasized.
Diego Gomez is currently playing at the 2024 Olympics. He is the captain of the Paraguayan Olympic team, which will meet the Egyptian team at 0:00 on August 3 in the quarter-finals of the men’s football event. Historically, the Paraguayan Olympic team won the silver medal in Athens 2004 (losing to Argentina 0-1 in the final).
Meanwhile, Inter Miami is about to play the remaining match in the group stage of the 2024 Leagues Cup against opponent Tigres UANL (7am, August 4). But this match is just a formality and determines the top position. Inter Miami previously won Puebla 2-0 and Tigres UANL also won this team 2-1, so both teams have qualified for the next round.
Therefore, in the upcoming match between Inter Miami and Tigres UANL, coach Tata Martino is likely to use a squad mostly of reserve players. So Messi, Suarez and possibly Busquets, Jordi Alba will all be given a rest to recover from injuries and fitness.
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Source: USA Today
