The Spanish midfielder Andrés Iniesta could leave the Japanese team Vissel Kobe this summer, as announced by Japanese media this Saturday and before the end of his contract, which was scheduled for January 2024.
Iniesta would thus end his five-year period in the Asian country, according to what the Japanese news agency Kyodo said, citing an anonymous source, and he could be considering offers in the United States or the Middle East, according to the same source.
The player's representatives did not want to confirm the information or comment on it, and neither did the club from central Japan, however, the player published a photo on social networks with his shirt number, 8, and where he said "always ".
The former Barcelona player, who turns 39 on May 11, joined Vissel Jobe in July 2018 and played an important role in his team's victory in the 99th Emperor's Cup in 2020, although in this last season he has played only a few minutes.
"In terms of football I feel good and this year I will start it with the desire to continue playing football. From there, we will have to see the sensations or if other paths can be opened. I live very much in the present. I do not rule out passing the barrier of the 40 as a player. To this day, I continue to enjoy football and take care of myself to be well and not suffer," Iniesta said in an interview last December.
According to Nikkan Sports, Iniesta's intention is to leave Vissel Kobe in the summer and his last game could be precisely against FC Barcelona, the club of his life, since Xavi Hernández's team will play a friendly at the Tokyo National Stadium, with capacity for 80,000 spectators, once played the last day of LaLiga against Celta in Balaídos.
