Inter Miami have terminated the contract with goalkeeper Nick Marsman. This was preceded by criticism from Marsman of the transfer of Lionel Messi to the MLS club.
Co-owner David Beckham’s club recently said: “Inter Miami CF announced today that they have exercised an opportunity to buy out Major League Soccer (MLS) goalkeeper Nick Marsman’s contract.”
Marsman told ESPN in Junethat the club “are not ready for Messi’s arrival”. Specifically, he is primarily concerned with the safety conditions in the arena: “We play in a transitional stadium, the fans can simply walk onto the pitch and there are no barriers. We leave the stadium without security personnel.”
Marsman’s verdict was clear: “In my opinion, we are not ready.” But he didn’t stand in the way of a transfer: “Nevertheless, I hope he comes.”
In the MLS, each team can fire a player per offseason despite the current contract and remove his salary from the calculations of the salary cap, even though it will be paid out when the contract is dissolved, i.e. buy it out. That’s an option Miami used at Marsman. So he was released with a severance package and is now without a club.
Miami still has three goalies in their roster in Drake Callender, CJ dos Santos and Cole Jensen, so it’s unlikely they’ll be active again.
32-year-old Nick Marsman joined Inter Miami from Feyenoord Rotterdam two years ago and has made 30 first-team appearances since then. Previously, the Dutchman also played for FC Utrecht, Twente Enschede and the Go Ahead Eagles.
2023-08-08 00:27:19
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