Inter Miami have appointed former Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano as their new head coach, the Major League Soccer club has announced.
Mascherano, who will coach his former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi at the club, replaces Gerardo Martino who stood down last week due to ‘personal reasons’.
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 team-mate of current Inter Miami players Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez.
In his job with the Argentine FA’s youth set-up Mascherano coached Inter Miami’s players Tomas Aviles, Facundo Farías and Federico Redondo
