Source: Messi bodyguard banned by Leagues Cup

The Leagues Cup disciplinary committee announced that a subordinate of Inter Miami's nine delegation volition beryllium suspended from each method areas for the remainder of the tourney pursuing an incidental successful the crippled against Atlas connected Wednesday nighttime astatine Chase Stadium.

A root confirmed to ESPN that the suspended idiosyncratic is Lionel Messi's bodyguard Yassine Cheuko.

"After the July 30 Inter Miami CF vs. Club Atlas match, a subordinate of Inter Miami's nine delegation displayed improper behaviour by entering restricted areas without an authoritative lawsuit credential," announced the disciplinary committee successful a property release.

"In accordance with the Leagues Cup 2025 Tournament Regulations, the Disciplinary Committee has suspended the idiosyncratic progressive from each method areas for the remainder of Leagues Cup 2025 and issued an undisclosed good to Inter Miami CF."

The bodyguard entered the transportation aft the lucifer to interruption up a treatment betwixt players from some teams, making interaction with individuals from Atlas.

Atlas defender Matheus Doria addressed the concern during a property league connected Friday, emphasizing Cheuko does not person support to beryllium connected the transportation erstwhile it comes to matters betwixt players.

"We already cognize that our committee works precise good and volition instrumentality attraction of the issue. I recognize that Messi's bodyguard is determination to support Messi from a imaginable introduction by a fan, I don't know, but betwixt players, helium doesn't person that permission," said Doria.

"It's not up to america to accidental overmuch oregon springiness our sentiment connected the matter, but the committee and those successful complaint of the Leagues Cup person already seen it and volition instrumentality complaint of what tin and can't beryllium done due to the fact that arsenic agelong arsenic it protects not lone Messi but the different players, and the carnal integrity of the players who are there, that's fine. But if it's for different issues, nary 1 volition agree, but it's not up to maine to bash anything."

Cheuko was antecedently banned by Inter Miami from being connected the sidelines during Major League Soccer matches, though helium remained portion of the club's information detail.