Iraola is not just some right back. He's team captain (for one of the greatest clubs in the Spanish state's League, IMO) and a Spain national squad player. He takes penalties and free kicks for a pretty powerful side, and should have the experience to single handedly whip our defence into shape given even the slightest talent and commitment from three other players. We'd be very lucky to have him. A link up of him on the right, moving forward, through Lampard to Villa is pretty magnificent.
So he's not Pirlo. But there are only a handful of players at Pirlo's level.
They're forgiven and then some for Lampard if this is the case. I want to give Claudio Reyna a hug right now@NYCFCWatch: It also looks very likely that NYCFC will be able to keep Iraola under the DP cap. Nabbing him as a non-DP is a MASSIVE signing for NYCFC!
Same source reporting on Twitter he is under salary cap.
Good to my word, how do we create a Claudio Reyna drink fund?
Don't forget that roster spots will be opened up for our new signings...
Is that a good thing, though? We're just now starting to see this team gel as it is.This right here....I expect, at a minimum, 3-4 current players to be cut, sold, or loaned to make room for new signings. Iraola and Lampard is just the beginning. In total, we could see upwards of 10 new players at NYCFC this Summer.