Mascherano is gone. The Argentine coach of Inter Miami communicated his resignation from the team’s bench for personal reasons and now after overcoming the first blow, the news has been a bombshell in MLS, the question that is in the air is obvious. Who will coach Messi now?. For the moment, Guillermo Hoyos will take charge of the team for the next few matches, but the club is already working on a possible candidate to take over. There are eight games left until the World Cup break and it is likely that the former Barcelona (youth) coach will finish this period and then there will be a firm commitment
The fact is that if the final decision after the World Cup is to hire a new coach to lead the squad, the names have multiplied. The one that is being mentioned most in Miami is Xavi Hernandez. The former Barcelona player, who has not coached since leaving Barcelona, meets all the requirements to take charge of the bench. He has the level, friendship with Messi and the rest of the stars and desire to start a new project.
But Xavi’s name is not the only one that has been mentioned. There is also the name of Marcelo Gallardo, Hernan Crespo or even Martin Palermo, three Argentines with a direct relationship with the ‘ten’ who are willing to take on the challenge after the resignation of ‘el jefecito’. Even in several reports appearing in the US, there is talk of the option of Ernesto Valverde, who has already announced that he will leave Athletic Club at the end of the season as one of the candidates, although it seems that the Basque coach is going to take some rest according to his own statements