Phil Neville explains why Inter Miami “didn’t want to” sign Gareth Bale

Neville made clear more transfers will likely be on their way to Miami despite performing a near-complete makeover of their 2021 roster during the Primary Transfer Window, giving a direct “yeah” when asked if the club will have more activity during the summer period. This winter and spring, they brought in well over a dozen new faces.

“We are developing a real, real top-level recruitment department,” Neville said, crediting chief soccer officer and sporting director Chris Henderson for his due diligence. “You look at the players that we’ve brought in this year, players that probably not many people have heard of, but players that are on our radar, players that we feel fit the characteristics of what we want. Which is hungry. We really want hungry players.”

Inter Miami also have an open Designated Player spot this summer. Both striker Gonzalo Higuain and midfielder Rodolfo Pizarro, who is on loan at Liga MX’s CF Monterrey, hold that roster status.

The club’s makeover, highlighted by US international fullback DeAndre Yedlin, Ecuadorian international striker Leo Campana and more, has Inter Miami challenging for an Eastern Conference spot in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs race. With a game in hand, they enter Week 18 at eighth in the table.