Illarra, very close to Los Angeles FC de Vela

Asier Illarramendi He took a vacation in Palermo while waiting for his representation agency to find accommodation for next season. So far it has not been done, nor signed, nor is there a definitive agreement, but the former Real Madrid captain is close to signing for Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), the Major League Soccer (MLS) team where he is playing Carlos’ candle since he left Real in January 2018. This is a franchise that, as MD revealed exclusively a few days ago, made a specific offer in the last winter market, which the captain rejected.

illarramendi He has offers from Mexico, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Qatar -they are not specific offers, but they are clubs willing to make them-, but his absolute priority is to play in the MLS in the United States. From the Spanish First Division he does not have or wants to offer because, after playing for Real and Real Madrid, he has no intention of continuing in the League.

As MD learned, illarra He is negotiating a one-year contract with LAFC, which now has to calculate if, by the terms and the salary cap, the acquisition of former captain txuri urdin suits him. If he can’t join the Los Angeles team, there are other alternatives open in MLS. Because of the heavy bureaucracy they handle in the United States in matters of soccer and many others, a soccer player does not expect an immediate response.

“Better to leave the Real, than…”

Too much imanol as How are you they want illarramendi continue at Real, but he rejected that possibility because, at 33 years old and fresh from a serious injury, he prefers to find a new adventure in a team that guarantees him more participation. He is not comfortable in the role of substitute, with occasional appearances in the ‘eleven’, which he had at Real, knowing that next season, perhaps his contest could be less. He also stuck to the saying, already high at that time aranburu and tightthat “it is better for me to leave the Real than for the Real to leave me”.