News about Jordi Alba

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba step out to attend Heat's playoff game vs. Celtics... as the Inter Miami captain is joined by his son Mateo in the stands

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 30, 2024
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba supported a fellow South Florida franchise on Monday night as they attended the Miami Heat's playoff game vs. the Boston Celtics. Fresh off a 4-1 win over the weekend at the New England Revolution, the Herons stars stepped out for a night in Miami with the Heat trailing the series 2-1 heading into Game 4. In a video posted to X by the Heat, Messi, Suarez, Busquets and Alba could be seen entering the Kaseya Center through the arena's VIP entrance.

In leaked footage, Montel Messi calls him a "possessed dwarf" with the 'face of the devil,' before omitting the name of the Inter Miami coach and omitting the Inter Miami star's name

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 8, 2024
Following a tunnel fight last week's CONCACAF Champions Cup matchup in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lionel Messi was referred to as a "possessed dwarf" with "the visage of the devil." Coach Nico Sánchez of Montergue has since released an apology for his remarks, but he refused to mention Messi's name, instead directing his sorrow at Inter Miami coach Tata Martino, whom he described as a "poor dummy" in the leaked audio. The confrontation took place in Montery's 2-1 win over Inter Miami in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal matchup. Despite Messi being forced to leave the game due to a hamstring strain, he, Jordi Alba, Luis Suárez, and Martino were reportedly involved in a mixed zone brawl with Montery players and coach outside the visitors' locker room.

As the Argentine star returns from a hamstring injury against Colorado Rapids, Lionel Messi is named in Inter Miami's BENCH, alongside Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 6, 2024
Lionel Messi has been called to Inter Miami's bench for their game against the Colorado Rapids as he recovers from a month-long injury absence. Messi hasn't played since suffering a hamstring injury in a CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Nashville SC on March 13. He missed three league games while waiting for the team's CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals against Monterrey on Wednesday.

Following Herons' defeat to the Mexican side by 2-1 defeat, Lionel Messi's 'conversation' with Monterg is downplayed by Inter Miami's assistant who says, "the most important thing happened on the field" was downplayed

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 5, 2024
Herons' assistant Javi Morales downplayed Lionel Messi's reported rivalry with Montero coach Fernando Ortiz following Inter Miami's 2-1 loss to the Mexican team. Messi, Luis Suarez, and Jordi Alba argued with referee Walter Lopez after the CONCACAF Champions Cup loss to protest several calls, and then began arguing with Ortiz, who had predicted that Miami would get good calls due to Messi. Messi, who did not participate in the game due to injury, 'angrily' approached Montery's locker room and began yelling, according to ESPN, who later explained that the reason for the dissonance was unclear.

Luis Suarez, a Miami Heat mascot, tries (and fails) to play a game of headers

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 5, 2024
Sergio, a 37-year-old Uruguayan striker who joined the Herons in this winter, stood close to the courthouse in Kaseya Center with his wife, Sofia, and their daughter, Delfina, and two sons. He even demonstrated some of his leadership skills in front of followers as he continued to play 'keep it uppie' with Heat mascot Burnie, but to no avail. 'Burnie needs to work on his juggling skills @LuisSuarez9.' The Heat's social media team shared on X afterward.'

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa have been welcomed to Inter Miami's training base, according to David Beckham. Sergio Busquets is a tennis player

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 26, 2024
Jordi Alba, Noah Allen, Sergio Busquets, Drake Callender, Leonardo Campana, Benjamin Cremaschi, and Julian Gressel attended Inter Miami's Tsitsipas and Badosa. Badosa is seen in these images from the trip and wearing a customised Inter Miami jersey. In the meantime, Tsitsipas was gifted a Lionel Messi kit when the couple posed with club owner Beckham. Before Tsitsipas demonstrated his versatility by doing keep-ups with Campana, the tennis stars exchanged handshakes and autographs with their soccer colleagues.

Watch players of the New York Red Bulls give their coats to young mascots in the midst of torrential rain before their game against Inter Miami

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 26, 2024
With torrential rain in New Jersey, New York Red Bulls players gave their class a touching gesture right before their game against Inter Miami over the weekend. Sandro Schwarz's team defeated Miami 4-0 on Saturday, with Lewis Morgan returning a hat-trick against his former club at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls had their best showing of the season so far up against Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba.

As a left-back is swarmed by his colleagues during Inter Miami preparations, David Beckham and Sergio Busquets wish Jordi Alba a happy 35th birthday

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 21, 2024
On Thursday, Jordi Alba, a teammate Sergio Busquets and Inter Miami co-owner, wished him a happy birthday as the left-back celebrated his 35th birthday. Busquets, a longtime Alba's teammate, shared a snapshot of the defender with the words,'many more together' in Spanish. Alba was also made to look like he was holding a birthday cake in the photograph.

Inter Miami faces Montreal for the first time this season, despite Jordi Alba's INDECENT long-range goal, injured Lionel Messi watches from the sidelines with wife Antonela and kids

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 11, 2024
Lionel Messi wore street clothes and watched from a sideline VIP box as Montreal took advantage of several Inter Miami defensive blunders to hand over his team's first loss of the season on Sunday evening. Messi did not play after being listed as questionable with a shin injury, and Montreal defeated 3-2 winners, with a spectacular long-range Jordi Alba attack not enough to win Miami anything from the game. Messi's injury occurred in a 2-2 draw at Nashville last week in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Argentine World Cup champion had a pass from Lukas Macnaughton, who seemed to step on the 36-year-old's calf and cause his left ankle to twist. In the 77th minute, trainers tended to Messi as he writhed in agony on the pitch, but the player remained in the game.

Lionel Messi is seen partying with Inter Miami teammates Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba as Argentine DJ Bizarrap plays at his wife Antonela's birthday bash in Miami hours after 5-0 win vs Orlando

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 3, 2024
On Saturday night, the 36-year-old Argentine superstar was seen on Gekko Miami, a lavish Japanese Steakhouse that costs $100+ per person, dancing to Argentine DJ Bizarrap's hits on the dancefloor. For a snap, he posed with the record producer and Suarez. 'You rock @bizarapp!! On Sunday, he posted a picture of a lovely night with his friends as a caption to his Instagram post. 'Thank you for everything, @davidgrutman,' he also posted on his Story.'

Luis Suarez scores his first MLS goal for Inter Miami with a spectacular finish just 11 minutes before the tense match against Orlando City SC takes place

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 2, 2024
Luis Suarez's scoring debut for Inter Miami began when the striker found the ball twice within the first 11 minutes of the Herons' rivalry against Orlando City SC. Inter Miami's headline signing of the offseason came as David Beckham and co. continued to grow their ranks, which already boasted Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets. However, the former Liverpool star had struggled in his debut in MLS, failing to score in Inter Miami's preseason friendlies and the first two games of the 2024 season. Suarez eventually broke the deadlock, bagging his first goal in MLS just four minutes into the Florida rivalry match.

Is Lionel Messi tired ALREADY? After preparing for the new season with a horrific tour of Asia, Inter Miami coach Tata Martino says the star man has used "too much energy" in the first two MLS games

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 1, 2024
Messi's teammates must provide more attention to the 36-year-old Argentine this year, according to a Herons head coach, who told reporters on Friday that they will see the best of him this year. Messi played 90 minutes against Real Salt Lake and the Los Angeles Galaxy in the club's first two MLS games of the season, scoring twice while also registering an assist. On Saturday, he is scheduled to play against in-state rivals Orlando City.

David Beckham appears not to be celebrating Lionel Messi's stoppage-time equalizer against the LA Galaxy, but was Inter Miami co-owner Terry Jones just being courteous to his former MLS team?

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 26, 2024
David Beckham, the Inter Miami co-owner, appeared to refrain from celebrating after Lionel Messi's dramatic equalizer against his former club LA Galaxy. Messi saved Inter Miami's point on Sunday night by scoring in stoppage time as Tata Martino's team came from behind to draw 1-1 at Dignity Health Sports Park. The goal ensured that Miami maintained its undefeated start to the 2024 MLS season in front of a throng audience in California.

Inter Miami beat Los Angeles 2-0 in their second straight MLS victory to start 2024, with Luis Suarez also in the XI despite a scare in the season opener

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 26, 2024
Lionel Messi of Inter Miami debuts in Sunday's road game against Los Angeles Galaxy, with Luis Suarez also included in the XI despite losing an injury scare in the team's opening-night victory. Messi and the remainder of Tata Martino's squad were pictured arriving in Los Angeles ahead of the game, which starts at 9 p.m. ET. Miami eyes a second-straight victory to begin the season as Martino selects a solid squad, featuring Messi, Suarez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba.

Hugo Lloris, a Jurgen Klopp protege, seeks to help the New York Red Bulls win... and a former Manchester United No. 2 is rebuilding Colorado Rapids for six reasons, aside from Lionel Messi! Major League Soccer's return is sure to get you excited

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 24, 2024
Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to victory on opening night as the new Major League Soccer season got off this week. Tata Martino's side kicked off the 2024 campaign with a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake. Since adding Luis Suarez to a roster that already included Messi, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba, Miami is the strong favorite for this year's MLS Cup.

Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami at a'delicate moment' with the team last in Eastern Conference before transforming it into League Cup champions, and the next target, according to Jordi Alba, is MLS Cup glory: "I don't want to win" has been Barcelona

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 21, 2024
Jordi Alba, Lionel Messi, and Inter Miami's rest have high hopes after winning the Leagues Cup. Following Lao's assertion that the team was in the midst of a'delicate moment,' the team's high hopes were set. Inter Miami made it to the final of the US Open Cup before losing to the Houston Dynamo, a game in which Messi did not participate due to injury. The next step for Inter Miami? The success of cup competitions has been translated into league play.

Barcelona's financial crisis continues to worsen as LaLiga reduced their salary cap AGAIN by almost half to £175 million, after it had been previously slashed by nearly 5 percent

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 20, 2024
Barcelona's fight against their ongoing financial crisis has hit another sway, after LaLiga reportedly reduced their salary cap by more than £50 million. Following a string of big transfer bribes and years of mismanagement at the Nou Camp, the reigning Spanish champions have been wrestling against Javier Tebas' financial restrictions for some time. As a result, the club's salary cap was reduced by almost 50% for the start of the season - from £558 million to £232 million.

As Luis Suarez prepares for the first season with Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets, Inter Miami isn't going to stop signing superstars to join Lionel Messi, according to MLS commissioner Don Garber

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 20, 2024
Inter Miami is showing no signs of letting go of soccer superstars, as MLS commissioner Don Garber has stated ahead of Lionel Messi's first full season in the United States. Messi joined Major League Soccer last summer, marking a big difference for Miami - the team's part-owned by David Beckham - and soccer on this side of the Atlantic. Former Barcelona teammates Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets followed him shortly. Luis Suarez, who was offseason, was involved in the South Florida revolution.

The'screwed' in Lionel Messi and Inter Miami is unidentified, according to David Beckham's franchise, who must find more allocation funds or sell players to be roster compliant for the new season

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 14, 2024
Inter Miami's salary structure is expected to bite its premier franchise as a result of the club's season starts next week. Inter Miami will have to make changes to adhere to the league's rules given a bloated roster of players like Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, and new arrival Luis Suarez. According to The Athletic, the club will have to come up with more allocation funds and may even have to reduce salary to satisfy those demands.

Following a Leagues Cup win, Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will not 'blow the doors off' MLS, says Taylor Twellman, as an Apple TV analyst, believes Herons will be punched in the chest.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 7, 2024
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba will all be wearing pink this season, although Taylor Twellman doesn't expect the Herons to dominate MLS. Miami won the Leagues Cup last summer but then fell back to earth afterwards, winning just four of the final 12 league games, and Twellman believes that the fear factor has been removed for the club's opponents. In a Zoom interview, the MLS Season Pass analyst exclusively told Mail Sports, "I don't think they're going to blow the doors off the way a lot of the experts believe." 'I just don't see it.'

TIM HOWARD: Soccer in the United States has just five years to cash in on Lionel Messi and Inter Miami's world-trotters...MLS must loosen its purse strings NOW to encourage more super clubs to grow

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 30, 2024
TIM HOWARD: I like the hunted vs. the hunters in sports. The dynasties. The Big Six in the Premier League has something special about it. Some people believe parity is amusing because you never know what you're going to get from year to year. However, we love villains and heroes in the end. The haves and the have nots are split into two categories. Is there a way to bring that to Major League Soccer?To have two, three or four Super Teams, all playing simultaneously? Top players are able to entice former teammates to visit Marquee. Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, and now Luis Suarez have all been to make it to the Inter Miami podium. That seems to be the way.

Xavi hints at Barcelona exit as admits he is 'closer to the end of my spell than the start' - as pressure mounts after Copa del Rey defeat by Athletic Bilbao

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 27, 2024
Following rising tensions during an up-and-down season, Xavi Hernandez has speculated that his time at Barcelona may have been wasted. Following losing to Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey, the former Spanish midfielder's second big loss in a fortnight, the veteran Spaniard suggested the possibility of a retirement. If Barcelona was not competing for titles, he would have left at the end of the season.

Inter Miami has announced the squad for pre-season matches in Asia, with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba among others slated to travel, but Cristiano Ronaldo's arrival is also in question

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 25, 2024
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba have all been included in a star-studded Inter Miami roster for their forthcoming pre-season tour of Asia. On January 29, the MLS franchise will compete in Saudi Arabia against Al Hilal and Al Nassr on February 1 and 2. Following those games, they will fly to Hong Kong to face a Hong Kong team and Vissel Kobe in Tokyo, Japan.

Facundo Farias, an Inter Miami winger, has been out for the season after tearing ACL in a scoreless draw against El Salvador... with Argentina's Argentine Farias set to undergo surgery in the coming weeks

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 21, 2024
At halftime, Farias brought Argentine Lionel Messi's season to an end, and the friendly match came to a close near the 70th minute. Farias started to step wrong on his left leg when shielding the ball from El Salvador captain Darwin Ceren's. Farias continued to his left knee, albeit in pain, before being stretched out.