{"id":18620,"date":"2025-07-25T19:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/inter-miami-signs-world-cup-champion-de-paul-from-atletico\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T19:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:26:42","slug":"inter-miami-signs-world-cup-champion-de-paul-from-atletico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/inter-miami-signs-world-cup-champion-de-paul-from-atletico\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami signs World Cup champion De Paul from Atl\u00e9tico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inter Miami strengthens its squad with the arrival of Rodrigo De Paul<\/h2>\n\n\nInter Miami has finalized the incorporation of Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, coming from Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. The announcement was made by the Spanish club on Friday.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Rodrigo De Paul says goodbye to Atletico de Madrid and will continue his professional career at Inter Miami.<\/p><cite>Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAccording to sources, De Paul arrives on an initial loan until the end of 2025, with an option to buy.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Miami: Messi &#8216;extremely annoyed&#8217; with MLS for sanction<\/li>\n\n<li>MLS: Messi and Alba, suspended for one match for not attending the All-Star Game<\/li>\n\n<li>Watch out for signings: The bet that MLS clubs make with designated players<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nWith only one year remaining on his contract with Atletico Madrid, both parties reached an agreement that makes him the latest star to join Inter Miami.\n\nDe Paul, 31, will initially not be one of Inter Miami&#8217;s designated players (DP), as those three positions are held by Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets. If a DP position were to become available at the end of his loan, Inter Miami could sign the player to a more extensive contract.\n\nThe arrival of De Paul is part of Inter Miami&#8217;s vision to strengthen the team&#8217;s depth and quality on and off the field.\n\nDe Paul joins his compatriot and captain of the Argentinian national team, Lionel Messi, with whom the club hopes to extend his contract beyond December 2025.\n\nDe Paul was part of the Argentinian team that, along with Messi, won the World Cup in 2022 and the Copa Am\u00e9rica in 2021 and 2024.\n\nHis arrival in the Spanish capital took place in July 2021 from Udinese of Serie A, in a deal worth 35 million euros (41 million dollars), and during that period he played 187 matches, scoring 14 goals and assisting 26 times.\n\nDe Paul was a key player last season for Diego Simeone&#8217;s team, participating in 53 matches in all competitions, including three matches in the Club World Cup last month.\n\nAtl\u00e9tico has already reinforced its midfield this summer with the signings of Johnny Cardoso from Real Betis, Alex Baena from Villarreal, and Thiago Almada.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Miami strengthens its squad with the arrival of Rodrigo De Paul Inter Miami has finalized the incorporation of Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, coming from Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. The announcement was made by the Spanish club on Friday. Rodrigo De Paul says goodbye to Atletico de Madrid and will continue his professional career at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2704,257,152,5486],"class_list":{"0":"post-18620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-atletico-madrid","9":"tag-inter-miami","10":"tag-mls","11":"tag-rodrigo-de-paul"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}