Lo Celso set to join Messi at Inter Miami, Spain confirm | OneFootball

The Argentina National Team player has not started in any of the last five matches Betis played in LaLiga. "Pellegrini is fed up," they claim.

The ambitious sporting goal that Inter Miami set for itself after winning its first MLS title this year is to win the next edition of the Concachampions, thus securing a spot in the upcoming Club World Cup. This will require significant efforts in the transfer market to continue strengthening the squad led by Javier Mascherano with players compatible with their biggest star: Lionel Messi.

In this regard, reports from Spain not only confirm that the American club is determined to sign Giovani Lo Celso, but also that Real Betis is willing to let him go if an offer of around 5 million euros comes in.

“He has received an offer. He’s thinking it over, and Betis will let him go, because I think Pellegrini is partly fed up with Lo Celso. So are the fans, and that’s very dangerous. When you don’t deliver the expected performance and you tire out the fans… Because you can make mistakes, you can play badly or well, but it’s about your attitude on the field. Pellegrini is not willing to give him minutes just because there’s a World Cup coming up,” said journalist Gonzalo de la Haza on the Sevillanía TV panel.

According to him, the first contact between Inter Miami and Giovani Lo Celso took place when he attended, along with other Argentina National Team players, the match that Lionel Messi played with the team against Atlanta United in the MLS, taking advantage of the October tour in the United States. Since then, negotiations have progressed favorably, and they are close to making an offer that meets the expectations of the Spanish club that owns his rights.

Lo Celso’s loss of prominence at Betis is evident considering that he has not started in any of the last five matches the club played in LaLiga. After playing 45 minutes against Girona, he was not called up to face Sevilla, stayed on the bench against Barcelona, played 31 minutes against Rayo Vallecano, and 24 in the last match against Getafe, on December 21.

Miami, guaranteed continuity

Giovani Lo Celso knows that Inter Miami has a spot reserved for him in the starting lineup, and this would be key for him to arrive at the World Cup with more playing time than he might have at Betis if he continues to lose ground in Manuel Pellegrini’s plans.

Another important detail, which Messi himself has already mentioned, is that the MLS calendar will allow players there to arrive at the World Cup with less physical wear and tear than those playing in the major European football leagues.

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