IBORRA TRANSFER DEAL IS DONE

We have signed young defender Harry Maguire for £17m and Leicester City fans are now delighted that our second BIG summer transfer is for Sevilla Captain and midfield general Vicente Iborra for what seems like a cost effective £12.5m.

The 6ft 3″ midfielder is 29 years old, and will no doubt be a commanding figure in the team, indeed we expect him to go straight in and partner up with Ndidi and Drinky… will we play a 3 in midfield now ? Will we play a 4-1-2-1-2 or a 5-3-2 who knows ?!

Sevilla finished a more than resptacbale 4th in the Spanish League and of course we beat them in the Champions League last season…

Iborra himself has with Sevilla won the Europa League title and has vast amounts of top level experience… we asked 100%LCFC Editor Phil Holloway what he thought about Iborra….

“I personally think this is a brilliant signing… the guy is a beast in midfield, tall and dominant, we need a team full of leaders, and last season I commented several times that we didnt have “bite” and “control” in midfield. Ndidi and Drinky are both looking very good, but neither seems to be a captain, Kasper has taken that role, but we need somebody out there in the middle spitting orders at the lads. I think back to Walshy, or Ali Mauchlen shouting !! He is 29 and in his prime…. and £12m in today’s market well it buys you a Jeff Schlupp ! So I honestly think we have bagged ourselves a bargain, AND i love the fact like Walshy perhaps finally we have a player where if we need a last minute goal we can switch to plan B and put him up front, as he can score a late goal or two up top…. Maguire and now Iborra, I am liking a lot what I am seeing Shakey do….. looking forward to the NEXT signing please !!” 100%LCFC Phil Holloway 

100%LCFC SCOTT views “This deal came out of nowhere, I can see why we stalled on any offer for Sigurdsson, this lad is a leader and a PROVEN winner “

100%LCFC TOM “wow one hell of a signing showing some intent from our club where they want to go and sign on the captain of Seville is one hell of a catch ”

Here is some instant initial reaction from the Blue Army :

Leon Ford
“This is a good show of intent, take the best player and captain of a good European team. Now need the same for another centre back, right back and striker”

Sam Rowe
“Class signing”

Sam Perkins
“So far so good this transfer window”

Shaun Layla Rudkin
“Decent player could be worse..!”

Chemseddine Maamri
“Very average player. Expected much better”

Ben Carlin
“now this is some recruitment! Signings we should’ve done last summer!”

Luke Maitland
“Happy with this signing versatile player and will add strength to the midfield, also read that he is a threat at set pieces as well which is good”

Let us know what YOU think and watch some IBORRA highlights below :