Inter Miami's signing of Blaise Matuidi became official on Thursday, but it comes with an intriguing wrinkle: the French World Cup winner won't be a Designated Player.
Matuidi, whose contract with Juventus was terminated on Wednesday, joins the club and was signed using Targeted Allocation Money, a mechanism used to pay down the budget charge of players who are in a higher salary range but not DPs. That Matuidi was able to be acquired on a free transfer kept Miami from having to use its third and final DP spot on him, which keeps open the possibility of another star signing to go along with Mexico's Rodolfo Pizarro and young Argentine Matias Pellegrini.