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Can Inter Miami spend to motion Rodrigo De Paul? (0:43)
Gab & Juls measure the anticipation of Inter Miami signing Rodrigo De Paul from Atletico Madrid. (0:43)
Lizzy BecheranoJul 16, 2025, 07:02 PM ET
Rodrigo De Paul is acceptable to articulation Inter Miami from Atlético Madrid connected a indebtedness woody to marque the determination permanent, sources person told ESPN.
The Argentina midfielder volition get successful MLS connected a short-term declaration with the anticipation to pen a multi-year woody with the club. Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas traveled to Madrid earlier this period to initiate negotiations betwixt the 2 parties earlier.
The signing of De Paul stands arsenic portion of a larger imaginativeness from Inter Miami to grow the club's extent and prime connected and disconnected the pitch.
The midfielder present leaves Atletico Madrid with 1 twelvemonth near connected his contract, making him a escaped cause successful June 2026.
De Paul volition not beryllium 1 of Miami's Designate Players initially, arsenic the team's 3 spots are presently held by Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets. Should a DP presumption go disposable astatine the extremity of his loan, Inter Miami tin motion the subordinate to a larger deal.
As for Messi's aboriginal successful Miami, sources antecedently told ESPN that declaration negotiations betwixt helium and the nine stay ongoing, with some parties funny successful continuing the narration connected the tract beyond 2025.
Mas told ESPN successful June that conversations to widen Busquets' declaration with Inter Miami person not begun, but the doorway remains unfastened to the player.
The accomplishment of De Paul comes aft Inter Miami's information astatine the Club World Cup, wherever they finished successful 2nd spot successful the radical stage, earlier losing to tourney runner-ups Paris Saint-Germain successful the circular of 16.
The squad is backmost successful enactment successful MLS since losing successful the CWC and volition enactment successful the Leagues Cup connected July 30.
De Paul was portion of the Argentina broadside who won the 2022 World Cup arsenic good arsenic the Copa América successful some 2021 and 2024.
He moved to the Spanish superior successful July 2021 from Serie A broadside Udinese successful a €35 cardinal ($40.6 million) woody and has made 187 appearances successful that period, scoring 14 goals and assisting 26 times.
Adriana Garcia contributed to this report.
