Official: Nycfc Signs Andoni Iraola
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franchise646
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franchise646
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Lola beat me to it.
Got beat here and on Reddit lol
David_Villa
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Great signing. Probably non DP too
Andy
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Nah, way to old to play nowadays...
I had started thinking myself that all this stuff has been happenning since Soriano showed up, but to be fair to Reyna et al, it probably has more to do with the transfer window and Soriano is here because the European season is over and he can work the transfer window on behalf of all clubs as well in NY as he can anywhere.
Andy
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Soriano just gives the nod, the guy doing the hard work is Txiki.. Which definitely sound like a basque name to me, like Iraola
thanks - I figured Soriano is not the one working the phones and making the deals happen - but I didn't know who was.Soriano just gives the nod, the guy doing the hard work is Txiki.. Which definitely sound like a basque name to me, like Iraola
This is amazing. The league is on notice... #COYBIB!
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He got a nice CV I must say...
Aitor 'Txiki' Begiristain was the sporting director who turned to Pep Guardiola when Barcelona sacked Frank Rijkaard at the end of the 2008 season. He travelled to see José Mourinho and decided the Portuguese was too much of a fire-starter to entrust with the job. The decision seems logical now: Guardiola became the most successful coach in Barcelona's history, winning a treble in his first season. At the time the decision was a brave and risky one.
Now everyone wants Guardiola; back then, few did. Begiristain was one of them. Guardiola won the European Cup. Rijkaard, the first coach to work under Begiristain, had won one too. Joan Laporta, the Barcelona president, once said: "Bringing in Txiki was the best decision I ever made." Under him, Barcelona won two European Cups and five league titles in seven years. When he came in with Laporta in 2003, Barcelona had gone four years without a trophy and were lurching from crisis to crisis.
Interesting that in the official announcement Kries points out that he can play multiple positions. I wonder if he will play some place other than RB. Obviously RB is a huge need, but he is probably more skilled than most of our midfield players.
Quote: Jason Kreis said. “We are adding a versatile player like Andoni who is comfortable playing in a number of different positions within the team. We are adding a great professional and a very experienced player.”
Quote: Jason Kreis said. “We are adding a versatile player like Andoni who is comfortable playing in a number of different positions within the team. We are adding a great professional and a very experienced player.”
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