In Uruguay’s Primera C, Deportivo LSM have made a change from the ownership level: Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez have decided that Rafael Cánovas will no longer continue as the club’s head coach.
The Argentine captain and the Uruguayan forward, partners in the project while also sharing the Inter Miami dressing room, have moved to end Cánovas’s spell in charge of the side they own. The decision places a small but closely watched Uruguayan club at the centre of the pair’s growing involvement beyond the pitch.
Deportivo LSM now face the task of appointing a successor as their campaign in Uruguay’s third-tier Primera C continues. Messi and Suárez’s investment has given the club an unusual international profile, linking the local competition to two of South American football’s most recognisable figures.
