"We have little experience, but we are very excited"

Midfielder Sergio Busquets acknowledged that his current team, MLS side Inter Miami, has "little experience" in tournaments like the FIFA Club World Cup, but said he is "very excited" about it.

"We are a team with little experience in these types of tournaments, but we are very excited," Busquets said in statements provided by FIFA.

At Inter, Busquets shares a dressing room with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba, a group that starred in the most successful erain Barcelona's history.

They are also coached by Javier Mascherano, another key player in that team led by, among others, Josep Guardiola and Luis Enrique.

"The word 'World Cup' is very big, it means a lot to a player and, above all, to play this type of matches and tournaments," said Busquets.

The player from Badia del Valles (Barcelona) has won the Club World Cup three times with Barcelona (2009, 2011 and 2015), in addition to a World Cup with the Spanish national team in 2010.

On playing with Messi, Busquets reflected on the "pleasure of being able to enjoy him and watch all that he is capable of doing."

"We know the magnitude of the player Leo is, what he has been, what he will be until he wants to be. I think there is no other player as complete and as differential, nor do I think there has been," he said.

For Messi or Busquets, this will be the first international tournament that they do not play in a team considered favourite.

"We know that, after the group stage, which does give you a little bit of a cushion, the knockout rounds against the best teams in the world begin," Busquets said.

"So we have to be very focused, be a solid team, have that experience, and, above all, also have a little bit of luck, which sometimes you need," he added.

Inter Miami is drawn in Group A with Palmeiras, Porto and Al-Ahly. They will make their debut in the tournament opener against Al-Ahly on June 14th in Miami.