Source: Lionel Messi’s bodyguard suspended from Leagues Cup for improper conduct
The Legues Cup disciplinary committee announced that a member of the Inter Miami club delegation would be suspended from all the technical areas for the rest of the tournament following an incident after the match against Atlas on Wednesday evening at the Chase Lauderdale stadium.
A source confirmed to ESPN that the suspended individual is the bodyguard of Lionel Messi Yassine Cheuko.
“After the match of July 30 Inter Miami CF VS Club Atlas, a member of the Inter Miami club delegation posted bad behavior by entering restricted areas without an official diploma of event,” the disciplinary committee said in a press release.
“In accordance with the regulations of the 2025 Cup league tournament, the disciplinary committee suspended the individual involved in all the technical areas for the rest of the League Cup 2025 and issued an uncluttered fine to Inter Miami Cf.”
The bodyguard entered the field after the match to break a discussion between the players of the two teams, contacting atlas individuals.
The defender of the Atlas Matheus Doria approached the situation at a press conference on Friday, stressing that Cheuko does not have permission to be on the field with regard to players.
“We already know that our board of directors works very well and will take care of the problem. I understand that the bodyguard of Messi is there to protect Messi from a possible entry of a fan, I do not know, but between the players, he does not have this authorization,” said Doria.
“It is not up to us to say much or to give our opinion on the issue, but the board of directors and the CUP leagues have already seen it and will take care of what can and cannot be done because as long as it protects not only Messi but the other players, and the physical integrity of the players who do nothing to me.” But if it is for other problems, but it does not agree, but it is not the case to do anything. “”
Cheuko has already been prohibited by Inter Miami to be on the sidelines in the matches of Major League Soccer, although it was part of the club’s security details.
