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Jordi Alba is presently in Florida and has trained with Inter Miami <\/a>to join former Barcelona players Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets, all of whom are being coached by Gerardo Tata Martino.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alba arrived at the MLS<\/a> team that has gotten global attention after it signed Argentine world champion Messi, and has changed US football on and off the pitch, following his presentation Inter Miami has been another on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inter Miami gets a new face<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inter Miami is presently at the bottom of the Eastern Conference in MLS with only 18 points after 22 games played, the effect of five wins, three draws, and 14 defeats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in the Leagues Cup, a tournament where Messi, Busquets and Tata Martino have made their debuts, the club moved to the round of 32 after beating Cruz Azul 2-1 with a last-minute free-kick goal by Leo Messi and then won Atlanta United 4-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Jodi Alba arriving to play the full-back position, Miami is among the favourites to win the tournament among Major League Soccer and Liga Mx teams and is predicted to display a different side when the U.
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On Wednesday, Inter Miami will play Orlando City, and there is a chance that Alba will make his debut that same day for the team where David Beckham is a major shareholder.
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Jordi Alba\u2019s bright track record<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Messi, Busquets, and Alba were teammates for over a decade at Barcelona, after Alba joined the Blaugrana<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>in 2012 after three years with Valencia in Spain\u2019s La Liga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Barcelona, Jordi Alba won six La Liga titles, five Cop del Rey titles, and four Supercopas de Espana, and won one Champions League (2015) in international tournaments, one European Super Cup and one Club World Cup.
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Additionally, Alba won the UEFA Championship with Spain in 2012 and the Nations League in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jordi Alba is presently in Florida and has trained with Inter Miami to join former Barcelona players Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets, all of whom are being coached by Gerardo Tata Martino.\u00a0 Alba arrived at the MLS team that has gotten global attention after it signed Argentine world champion Messi, and has changed US football on and off the pitch, following his presentation Inter Miami has been another on the field. Inter Miami gets a new face Inter Miami is presently at the bottom of the Eastern Conference in MLS with only 18 points after 22 games played, the effect of five wins, three draws, and 14 defeats. But in the Leagues Cup, a tournament where Messi, Busquets and Tata Martino have made their debuts, the club moved to the round of 32 after beating Cruz Azul 2-1 with a last-minute free-kick goal by Leo Messi and then won Atlanta United 4-0. With Jodi Alba arriving to play the full-back position, Miami is among the favourites to win the tournament among Major League Soccer and Liga Mx teams and is predicted to display a different side when the U. S. competition resumes. On Wednesday, Inter Miami will play Orlando City, and there is a chance that Alba will make his debut that same day for the team where David Beckham is a major shareholder. Jordi Alba\u2019s bright track record Messi, Busquets, and Alba were teammates for over a decade at Barcelona, after Alba joined the Blaugrana in 2012 after three years with Valencia in Spain\u2019s La Liga. With Barcelona, Jordi Alba won six La Liga titles, five Cop del Rey titles, and four Supercopas de Espana, and won one Champions League (2015) in international tournaments, one European Super Cup and one Club World Cup. 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