After months of negotiations, Inter Miami formally introduced on Wednesday the contract extension of Luis Suarez with the MLS membership. The legendary striker, the staff’s main goalscorer in 2024, has signed till the tip of 2025, i.e. on the finish of subsequent 12 months’s MLS season, which occupies the calendar 12 months. The Miami membership continues its overhaul of its staff, which started yesterday with the appointment of recent head coach Javier Mascherano.
“In 2024, Luis delivered to Inter all the weather that make him the most effective strikers of all time. His efficiency for us was elite, and we’re excited to see him proceed with us subsequent season,” stated president of soccer operations Raul Sanllehi. “Luis was not solely our prime scorer this season, but in addition a pacesetter for the group. His affect can’t be underestimated,” he stated.
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“I’m very completely happy, very excited to proceed for one more 12 months and to have the ability to take pleasure in being right here with these followers, which for us is sort of a household. We really feel very, very related with them and hopefully subsequent 12 months we may give them much more pleasure,” stated Suarez, who turns 38 subsequent January.
Suarez helped information the Miami membership to a record-breaking 2024 season, main the staff to its first Supporters’ Protect title and setting the MLS single-season factors document. His contributions had been essential through the marketing campaign, as he led the staff in targets with 25 in all competitions; Suarez’s 20 regular-season targets additionally made him the second-highest scorer in MLS in 2024 (tied with teammate Lionel Messi). The talisman additionally added 9 assists within the common season, in addition to a purpose and an help within the playoffs. He was an ever-present determine main the staff’s assault, enjoying 37 matches in all competitions in 2024, together with 27 within the common season.
