Official: Pirlo Signs With Nycfc... Soon?

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The question about Pirlo is whether he'll be joining the squad and playing for us now (around July, maybe not July 12), or if he's waiting until next season. Some reports have been that he's coming in January.

Well look above you. Bondy is reporting he will join for this season, not in January.
 
Looks like I'm late to the party but as of 615 or so tonight he hadn't signed a contract. They were hoping to have it done tonight. Hopeful.

He won't be our last signing. They have a few more moves to announce in the next ten days.
How excited should be on a scale of one to ten? Or Mix's five o'clock shadow to a Pirlo beard?
 
Wow best news ever.



I take that back. BEST NEWS EVER.

K Kjbert, did your sources say anything else about the signings? Positions, ages, leagues, etc.?

I can't imagine what our other moves would be. The only place we now lack depth is at CB, but we could also use a good striker. But a non-DP that fits under the salary cap, I'm not expecting more obvious starting-caliber additions.


I'm sorry but I dont know what else they are targeting. There are no other signings right now. They have offers out there but no idea who they are out to. I would expect 3 more. This is my editorial the next part - but sounds like more than 3 players targeted. With 3 hopeful new signings.
 
How excited should be on a scale of one to ten? Or Mix's five o'clock shadow to a Pirlo beard?


I'm sorry but I don't know. Seemed pretty excited about the "activity" if that makes any sense? Almost like we get excited about the activity we read about. The silly season isn't just silly for us.
 
I'm so happy we sucked for those three months. Worth it.


This is another editorial of mine - I have a feeling they knew what was happening all along. The management - maybe not the coaching. Still struggling with that one.

But if you know you can get a player LIKE Iraola, a player LIKE Angelino, a player LIKE Pirlo, and the others (not saying they knew these were the guys all along) then you pick up pieces like Wingert, Brovsky, Seba, Ballouchy. Those guys know the system and can play right away. If you know the cavalry is coming in July then why not just try and muddle through with the old hands. Makes the selections of and trades for the players we have been upset with a lot more understandable.
 
Bondy has been reliable.

So if he signs...I'm glad that all these NYCFC accounts all said he wasn't coming here last week, says their "sources". Now I know not to listen to any of them going forward...yeah I'm talking to you NYCFCWATCH amongst others.

This wait for all our new recruits is gonna drag ass. On the plus side, at least we are starting to play some ball of late, so they don't come in here and say - WTF did I get myself involved in.
 
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This is another editorial of mine - I have a feeling they knew what was happening all along. The management - maybe not the coaching. Still struggling with that one.

But if you know you can get a player LIKE Iraola, a player LIKE Angelino, a player LIKE Pirlo, and the others (not saying they knew these were the guys all along) then you pick up pieces like Wingert, Brovsky, Seba, Ballouchy. Those guys know the system and can play right away. If you know the cavalry is coming in July then why not just try and muddle through with the old hands. Makes the selections of and trades for the players we have been upset with a lot more understandable.
That's spot on. Building a team during the middle of every other leagues season is very difficult. Having only MLS players at your disposal and players who aren't playing for a team at all.
I had faith in CFG, Claudio and sorriano to make the necessary moves come transfer window and it looks like they are doing that and then some.
 
That's spot on. Building a team during the middle of every other leagues season is very difficult. Having only MLS players at your disposal and players who aren't playing for a team at all.
I had faith in CFG, Claudio and sorriano to make the necessary moves come transfer window and it looks like they are doing that and then some.


Another great point by you. These guys operate in the Summer transfer window. They probably had targets last summer for this particular window. We already know European teams operate two windows out (look at the courting of Khedira for example). Starting to believe they identified Iraola as a guy they wanted 11 months ago.
 
It's done guys. It has to be. Too much to not be a done deal.

Nobody jinx this shit by making mock formations yet!!
 
Posts like this are why I am a member of message boards. Thanks for sharing.
No problem! I'm so excited about this whole situation, it seems like it's basically a done deal. I'll continue to post anything interesting that I find
 
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