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Could Inter Miami’s Diego Gómez leave MLS for Europe?
AS understands that up to five European clubs have considered the possibility of signing the Paraguayan in the summer.
AS understands that up to five European clubs have set their sights on signing Inter Miami’s Diego Gómez next summer. Sooner rather than later, the call from the other side of the pond was always going to arrive for one of the key players in a top MLS side.
The Paraguayan is having a great year after qualifying with his national side for the Olympic Games in Paris, twenty years after their last appearance (Athens 2004); he has also become one of Tata Martino’s most used players at Inter Miami.
Brighton keen on Gómez deal - how much would he cost?
Sources close to the operation confirm that although there are still no official offers, three Premier League clubs (among them Brighton, who also own Paraguayan forward Julio Enciso) and two Serie A clubs have already been in contact to enquire about the signing of the midfielder.
Inter Miami see the Paraguayan as one of the players on which to build a long-term winning project, so as things stand, they would not be keen to sit down to negotiate the sale of their young star.
In the scenario that the club succumb to him departing, several Paraguayan media oulets report that the The Herons would ask for around €17 million ($18m) for his transfer, a figure far from the MLS record sale (Almirón to Newcastle for €24 million).
Diego Gómez has become undroppable
Diego Gómez is by far one of the best prospects to come out of Paraguay in recent years. Inter Miami did not hesitate to pay almost €3 million ($3m) to Libertad when he was just 19-years-old to sign him last summer.
Since then, the midfielder has been gaining plenty of experience in Tata’s side and has worked his way up to becoming untouchable this season. In 2024, he started every game except against Montreal (Miami’s only loss so far); he has one goal and one assist.
His success has not gone unnoticed in his home country and the player from San Juan Bautista is beginning to make a name for himself in Paraguay. In the Pre-Olympic tournament he was one of the key figures as they won the tournament, a title that earned him his first call-up with the senior team for this March break.
Next summer he will have to decide between playing in the Copa América or the Olympic Games after the refusal from Tata to release some players for more than two months at a key moment of the season in the United States.