Inter Miami’s 2024 preseason will kick off soon.
The Herons will be in El Salvador taking on the national team ahead of their 25,000+ mile preseason schedule.
On January 17th, the club released the list of players traveling to Central America.
In goal is CJ dos Santos and Cole Jensen. Defense includes Jordi Alba, Noah Allen, Tomás Avilés, Sergii Kryvtsov, Chris McVey, Ryan Sailor, and DeAndre Yedlin.
For midfield, manager Tata Martino has selected, Sergio Busquets, Benjamin Cremaschi, Facundo Farías, Gregore, Julian Gressel, David Ruiz, Lawson Sunderland, Robert Taylor.
And lastly in attack, Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, and Leonardo Campana.
Inter Miami’s busy preseason
Many fans are worried about the excessive miles that the Herons will travel in such a short time.
During their preseason, Miami will go from the USA, to Japan, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Central America.
Though that will be a lot of miles for the Herons, Tata Martino made sure that the players will rotate.
Speaking to the Miami Herald, Martino stated that he’ll have to balance the business side of football with the player’s health.
“We understand the business side and sport side, and we try to have both coexist without exceeding one or the other,” he said
Martino continued: “We have to balance how much each players participates. The games in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan were planned from the end of last season, and we will be ready for those.
“The question is how we manage the first two games against El Salvador and Dallas because those are so soon. We will have to made decisions about how many minutes certain players can play in those games.”
Ultimately, it will be up to Martino to make sure his squad isn’t overworked. Although many fans will be disappointed not to see Miami’s Big Four in action, for the sake of their health, nothing is more important.
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