After becoming MLS champions for the first time, InterMiami He started putting together the squad for his next season. The team from Florida announced the signing of the left-back this Monday Sergio Reguilon. The Spaniard, who occupies a high hierarchy in European football, signed until December 2027 with the option of an extension until December 2028. The defender arrives to replace the departure of Jordi Alba – Leo’s historical partner – who retired from football after winning the title and will share a team with him Lucho Suárez and Lionel Messi, footballers with whom he had a spicy encounter in Spanish football.
“It is a very ambitious project, a champion club that does things very well and that is what excites me: to come here to continue winning and competing,” said Reguilón during his presentation to the franchise. “My goal is to keep winning, get the trophies we are missing and win everything here,” he added after being presented with the pink jersey and the number 3 on the number normally used by the left-backs.
In this way he will be a companion Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, two footballers he faced in a duel in the Spanish League. The forerunner comes from 2019 when Reguilón wore the Real Madrid jersey that faced Argentina’s and Uruguay’s FC Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
In this game, which ended in a 1-0 win for the Catalan team, the Spaniard was at the center of the action due to a verbal exchange with the leaders of the Blaugrana. “You’re a clown. You’re really ugly.” he shouted at Suárez, while Messi also had words in the middle of a tense game: “What are you saying that makes you itch, flea?!” After the duel, the Spaniard put the events into perspective and assured: “These are things that stay on the field.”
The Spanish of 28 years He will take a foreign place in Javier Mascherano’s squad and will add a lot of experience to the team considering his past in great teams around the world. Reguilón was born in the Spanish capital and began his career in Real Madrid’s youth ranks. He worked there for 10 years until he was loaned out to Logroñés in the Second Division B in the 2015/16 season.
He then returned to the White House, where he played for Real Madrid Castilla before making his first-team debut in a Champions League game in October 2018. He made his Spanish league debut a month later and was part of the team that won Real Madrid’s fourth Club World Cup title that same season.
He was later loaned out to Sevilla, where he was part of an outstanding season in 2019/20. With the Andalusian team he was crowned in the Europa League. His great performances in Spain led him to English football, to Tottenham. He played two seasons with the Spurs. He was then loaned out to Atlético de Madrid, as well as to Manchester United and Brentford. He returned to Tottenham in May 2024.
In recent years he has been left out of the London team. Reguilón also took part in the Spanish national team. He played six games, including three in the 2020 Nations League and one in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Spanish defender is the new face for the 2026 squad with a contract until December 2027, but with the possibility of an extension until the end of 2028. If he continues, comes free from Tottenham and his job will be to replace the vacant position left by Jordi Alba, who ended his career following Inter Miami’s MLS title win over Vancouver Withecaps on December 6.
The challenges that Reguilón will have with the Inter Miami squad in 2026 will be the contention for the MLS, the League Cup and also the desired Conca champions, which are still pending for the team from Florida.
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