Iniesta To Leave Barcelona At The End Of The Season
Barcelona FC player, Andres Iniesta has confirmed that he will leave be leaving Camp Nou at the end of the season. The Spanish who helped his country lift the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be ending an era with the Catalan Giants after he alongside the likes of Lionel Messi and Xavi turned around fortunes for the club.
Iniesta signed a “lifetime” contract with Barca last October but speculation has mounted over recent weeks regarding the 33-year-old midfielder’s future and a mooted move to the Chinese Super League.
At a media conference on Friday at the club’s training centre, Iniesta tearfully revealed his future as he told an audience featuring his Barcelona team-mates.
“I have thought my decision through for a long time. For me, Barca is the best club in the world this club has given me everything. It’s a very difficult day for me, to be here saying goodbye when I’ve spent my whole life here at Barcelona. A great deal of who I am, is down to Barca and La Masia I am very thankful to them” he said.
Although Iniesta did not reveal which club he will be moving to next, he is widely expected to seal a move to faraway China to pitch his tent with CSL outfit Chongqing Lifan.
On his future, he added: “we’ll know that when the season ends. There are still things to work out, different things. I said I would never play against Barca so it’s not going to be in Europe. We will know at the end of the season.”
