STAR Parramatta recruit Kieran Foran is set to join an illustrious club by being named as the Eels’ new captain at the club’s season launch on Wednesday.

Foran’s appointment will mean the Kiwi Test playmaker joins an elite list of blue and gold legends to have captained the Eels, including Steve Edge, Ray Price, Peter Sterling and Nathan Hindmarsh.

Respected prop Tim Mannah will remain as club captain, meaning the prop forward still retains a leadership role within the Eels.

Kieran Foran in action during a Parramatta training session. Source: News Corp Australia

While Mannah has done a sound job since Hindmarsh retired, the appointment of Foran is expected to be extremely well-received by the legion of blue and gold fans.

The Eels have now assembled one of the NRL’s strongest rosters with the additions of Foran, Michael Jennings, Beau Scott, Michael Gordon and Clint Gutherson adding tremendous depth to the club.

Only arch-rivals the Manly Sea Eagles have recruited as well as Parramatta over the course of the last 12 months.

Tim Mannah will remain the Eel’s club captain, keeping his leadership role. Source: News Corp Australia

Eels chairman Steve Sharp has previously labelled the recruitment of Foran as arguably the most important signing since the Eels inception in 1947.

The only possible red flag for the Eels is the NRL’s looming threat of docking them four competition points to start the season if the club fails to adhere to a raft of corporate governance changes before February 29.

The threat remains very real as the club continues to attempt to thrash out some long-standing salary cap issues.

While chairman Sharp has threatened to take the NRL all the way to the Supreme Court, Fox Sports has been told the game’s governing body is in possession of a raft of information which could force the club’s hand into making the necessary changes.