Inter Miami manager Javier Mascherano said on Thursday it was "impossible" to even consider bringing Neymar to the club to link up with his former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez due to Major League Soccer's salary cap rules.

The trio starred together at Barcelona, and they just may want to bring the band back together in South Florida

If Neymar were to sign with Miami, he’d also be reuniting with former Barcelona teammate Javier Mascherano, who was hired last month as Inter Miami coach. Neymar, 32, is under contract with Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal through June 2025, which means he can start negotiating with other clubs about his future.

A reunion of Barcelona’s famed trio of Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi and Neymar at Inter Miami would be welcomed — but complicated.

Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano expects to bring in several new faces to support Lionel Messi in Major League Soccer next season but says it is "impossible to think about" Brazilian Neymar being one of them.

Neymar spoke on a potential reunion with former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez at Inter Miami.

Neymar reuniting with his former Barcelona teammates, Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, at Inter Miami no longer looks like an impossible dream.

Neymar has been unavailable throughout Inter Miami's rebuild, locked into an ironclad contract in Saudi Arabia and sidelined with a serious injury. And Miami, for its part, wasn't able to sign him anyway; it maxed out its roster for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.

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Neymar is set for an exciting third reunion with Lionel Messi, with Inter Miami having cleared the room on their payroll to attract the Brazil international star to MLS.