One Big Question:Can Diego Alonso do his Pachuca thing again?
The Pachuca thing would be "bring $70 million worth of young players through the system at a relatively mid-sized club in Liga MX."
Inter are going to be one of the bigger-spending clubs in MLS, so it's not exactly the same thing. If they sign Roger Martinez (spoiler alert: They will) and another prime-aged DP, they might end up being the actual biggest-spending club in the league. They have veterans like Luis Robles, A.J. DeLaGarza, Victor Ulloa and Lee Nguyen, all of whom have been key parts of winning teams in this league.
But they've also invested many millions in a pair of Argentine teenagers, brought 20-year-old former USYNT playmaker George Acosta back to the states, invested in a couple of high draft picks, traded for a Homegrown goalkeeper before the dude was even out of college and, in 19-year-old Christian Makoun, have one of the most interesting "let's take a flier on this young guy" talents in the league.
Alonso is forever a legend with Pachuca not just because his teams won a Liga MX and a CCL title, but because he was able to get the most out of a young and unproven group of players, then spin that into sustainable financial success for the club.
Miami don't strictly need to do that, but it's clear they've brought in players like Makoun, Acosta, Julian Carranza and especially DP left winger Matias Pellegrini with the idea of turning them into salable assets on the world market.
Let me put it this way: In MLS the goal is to compete with the likes of LAFC, Atlanta and Seattle for supremacy. World wide, it seems like the goal is to compete with the likes of Benfica, Monaco and Flamengo as a stop on the route to the best clubs in the best leagues in the world.
It is a gigantic ask, but I don't think they're dreaming small down in Miami.
