The MLS club announced on Tuesday that Martino would hold a press conference on Friday.
Lionel Messi-led Inter Miami have to find a new coach ahead of the new MLS season. Their current manager Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino has stepped down from managerial duty due to “personal reasons”. Inter Miami had a great season but faced the first-round exit from the MLS Cup playoffs this season.
The MLS club announced on Tuesday that Martino would hold a press conference on Friday. Miami co-owner Jorge Mas and President of Football Operations Raul Sanllehí will also be there.
Martino’s troops started the playoffs campaign with a home win but Atlanta United pulled off a comeback by winning the next two games in the best-of-three series. This year, Inter Miami won the Supporters’ Shield with the best overall record. It also helped Miami to secure a place in next year’s FIFA Club World Cup.
Martino is widely known as ‘Tata’, and has earlier given his services to Messi’s former club, Barcelona. He joined Inter Miami last June in the same period when Messi joined the club. It was the time when Inter Miami were struggling to perform in Major League Soccer and they also didn’t reach the playoffs.
2024 is the year when Martino and Messi changed Inter Miami’s picture in MLS. They finished the regular season with the most number of wins and points. Tata Martino’s tenure with Miami has been outstanding. The 61-year-old coach won 38 and lost 16 games out of 67. Miami won the Leagues Cup last year under the Argentine. He set a MLS all-time point record in 2024.
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The source did not reveal what the “personal reasons” were that pushed the 61-year-old to take a call to step down from Inter Miami duty. Martino surprised everyone with his coaching skills when he guided Paraguay to finals in Copa America 2011. He later joined the Argentine club, Newell’s Old Boys and Barcelona before taking over the Argentine national side for two years.
Inter Miami was his second MLS club as he coached Atlanta United where he won the MLS Cup in 2018. Next year, he moved to Mexico’s national side for 4 years and joined Miami in 2023. Inter Miami’s campaign is over and they have a tough task to find a new name for the manager. Meanwhile, they have enough time to find the successor of Martino.
