Javier Mascherano takes another step in his coaching career. He started out in Argentina, with the lower categories of the Albiceleste national team. He was the coach of the U-23 and U-20 teams. He has managed 50 games since 2022 and has seen his team win 28 times, draw 10 and lose 12. Now he has signed for his first club, Inter Miami, where he will join Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Leo Messi to be the team's coach until 2027. He will take the position left vacant by Gerardo 'Tata' Martino.
At 40 years old, the legendary former FC Barcelona player takes on his first challenge in a team that is filling up with former culés. The signing of the best player in history means that, in addition to offering attraction to spectators, it attracts the attention of footballers, young and old, who want to share a dressing room with him. You can see it with Redondo, a 21-year-old footballer who opted for Inter Miami instead of playing in Europe, or the aforementioned Barça legends.
The coach of his former teammates
Javier Macherano arrived at FC Barcelona in 2010 for 20 million euros from Liverpool. Initially, the Argentine arrived to complement Busquets in the pivot position. However, at a time of defensive shortfalls, he occupied the centre of defence and adapted perfectly to what ended up being his usual position.
He spent 8 seasons with the Blaugrana team until he headed to Hebei Fortune in the Chinese league for 5.5 million euros. At the Blaugrana team he shared a dressing room with many of the club's legends. Now, with his signing for Inter Miami until 2027, he will be the coach of three of those footballers with whom he spent several years of his career: Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Lionel Messi. He will be the manager of a team that, with the arrival of the ex-Barcelona players, has taken a leap to another dimension, occupying the place of the coach who managed it at Can Barça between 2013 and 2014.