Rome: Italian World Cup-winner Andrea Pirlo has joined MLS side New York City FC on a two-and-a-half-year deal after being granted a free transfer by Juventus, both clubs and the player confirmed on Twitter on Monday.


Andrea Pirlo 

The 36-year-old playmaker leaves the Italian champions after four hugely successful years in Turin which yielded four Serie A titles, the 2015 Coppa Italia and two Italian Supercups. His last competitive game for the Old Lady was the 2015 Champions League final in Berlin's Olympiastadion, which they lost 3-1 to Barcelona. Pirlo was on a contract at Juventus until June 2016 but the 2014/15 Italian double winners agreed for him to join New York a year early.