by DAVE MARTINEZ

In an unprecedented NASL roster transaction, the Jacksonville Armada have completed the transfer of club captain Richie Ryan to Miami FC.

According to several sources, Miami FC are paying a record transfer fee of $750k dollars to Jacksonville for the Soccer Bowl winning midfielder. Northern Pitch was first to break the story. Empire of Soccer can corroborate the report.

As if that number wasn’t enough to grab your attention, Ryan’s salary adjustment will.

The now-former Armada captain is set to make nearly three times his current salary with Miami FC. EoS has learned that the 31-year-old Ireland native, who was making $80-90k a year with the Armada, will now be paid from $20-25k a month through 2016, with annual increases to his salary coming in 2017 and 2018.

When combining all of those numbers, this deal surpasses the seven figure threshold; a record total for the NASL and a number that likely obliterates any club-to-club transfers on the Major League Soccer level as well.

Ryan’s transfer comes mere days after Miami FC coach Alessandro Nesta took to the media to express his disgust in his team’s performance following Miami’s 3-0 loss to the Cosmos. Speaking to the Miami Herald, Nesta admitted errors in building his roster and promised changes to come.

But no one could quite have imagined this.

For his part, Ryan is considered both the best captain in the NASL as well as a proven winner. He was a vital fixture in Ottawa’s ascension in 2015 and the face of the franchise en route to their Soccer Bowl defeat to the Cosmos.

Neither the Armada, Miami FC nor the NASL were available for comment at the time of this report.

The move is expected to be completed tomorrow.