FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It wasn’t that extensive ago that Federico Redondo would come across himself finding out gamers like Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez from afar.
He has a far better vantage issue now that he shares a locker space with them.
Factors are occurring promptly for the 21-calendar year-old Redondo, a midfielder who signed a four-yr agreement with Inter Miami past thirty day period. The son of longtime Argentina countrywide staff participant Fernando Redondo — a former Actual Madrid and AC Milan participant — was formally released by his new club on Tuesday.
“It’s brilliant,” Redondo claimed. “I grew up observing these type of gamers. And it’s a aspiration come correct to play with them.”
Inter Miami sees shorter- and lengthy-phrase added benefits from signing Redondo. He was brought in as a period-ending injuries replacement for Facundo Farias, who was missing to a torn ACL in a preseason match back again in January. And on a roster which is led by four gamers all in their mid-30s — Alba is the youngest of Inter Miami’s Major Four and he turns 35 later this month — it is crucial to stockpile younger expertise for the future.
“We consider in his probable,” group sporting director and main soccer officer Chris Henderson stated when Inter Miami signed Redondo.
Acclimation to a star-large locker place is not going to be tricky for Redondo, presented that he’s been about top rated gamers for his full life. His father was UEFA’s Club Footballer of the Year for the 1999-2000 period. Messi gained that award in 2008-09, then received it two times more when it was primarily rebranded to UEFA men’s player of the 12 months in 2011.
Yet another winner of that club footballer award: David Beckham, element of Inter Miami’s possession group. He received it in 1998-99, the period ahead of Fernando Redondo received the trophy.
“For me, it is extra like an honor,” Federico Redondo claimed of carrying on his family’s soccer legacy. “I know my father was 1 of the of the best at his situation. It helps me a whole lot simply because we constantly talk about the matches. He teaches me a great deal of items.”
Redondo has some targets for the time — he’d like to perform with Argentina at the Paris Olympics (and has a likelihood), moreover he is aware of Inter Miami has large hopes of amassing a number of trophies this calendar year including what would be the franchise’s 1st MLS title.
“I’m really energized to be a aspect of this,” he explained.
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