Inter Miami manager Gerardo Martino said signing Neymar would be impossible due to current MLS rules on roster and salary. Neymar has been linked with Miami since the club also signed Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
\"With [Messi] and the boys already here, anything that can happen. What I can\'t imagine is if the league doesn\'t make the salary issue more flexible, how it would be carried out,\" Martino, who previously coached Neymar at Barcelona, told reporters Friday.
\"After writing it or saying it in the media it\'s all good, nothing happens, it doesn\'t have any consequences, but what would the implementation be like? And the reality is that if there is something that the MLS has, it is that the rules are strict and can\'t be broken, unless the MLS decides to change.\"
Rumors increased when Neymar reportedly bought a waterfront property in Miami.
\"Everyone that buys a home here is going to come to play? Ha! I arrived in Barcelona at the same time as [Neymar]. It was a good year and for me being able to coach such high-ranking players will always be a very special memory,\" he said.
\"The truth is that one cannot talk so easily and freely about whether a player could come or not. It seems to me that when we talk about this, another type of support is needed. We cannot talk or mention a player because he bought a house here or has a girlfriend from Fort Lauderdale.
\"It\'s nonsense, you have to speak with forceful things,\" he said. \"First you have to analyze what the league offers and if this is really possible. Starting from that base, today this is impossible, so there is no more continuity in this conversation.\"