Andres Iniesta

Another Barcelona legend rumored to be joining Messi in Miami

Andres Iniesta, a former Barcelona great, has allegedly reached a preliminary agreement to join Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets at Inter Miami. The experienced midfielder is on the verge of becoming the next ex-Blaugrana great to transfer to the DRV PNK Stadium. Offsider reported the news. However, Inter Miami and official accounts are […]

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Another Barcelona legend rumored to be joining Messi in Miami

ByMartina Alcheva

Andres Iniesta

/ 916 days ago

Iniesta in relegation mire as Spain legend's Japan move turns sour

Tokyo (AFP) – Andres Iniesta won pretty much everything with Barcelona and Spain but the legendary midfielder risks seeing out the tail end of his glittering career in the mire of a relegation dogfight. The 37-year-old joined big-spending Vissel Kobe in Japan in 2018 after making more than 600 appearances for Barcelona, where he won […]

ByAFP

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Iniesta's Vissel fire manager after poor J-League start

Tokyo (AFP) – Andres Iniesta's Japanese team Vissel Kobe have fired manager Atsuhiro Miura after a seven-game winless start to the new J-League season. Vissel announced Sunday that Miura, who had been in charge since September 2020 and was previously the club's director of sport, would step down with the team third from bottom of […]

ByAFP

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Difficult to see Messi in another club's colours, says Iniesta

Kobe (Japan) (AFP) – They played together for Barcelona for 14 years, winning everything the club game has to offer on multiple occasions. Both have now left the Catalan club — but former midfield general Andres Iniesta, who joined Japan's Vissel Kobe three years ago, says it will be hard to see Leo Messi play […]

ByAFP

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/ 2337 days ago

Iniesta says going to 'new home' Japan

Madrid (AFP) – Andres Iniesta tweeted Wednesday he was going to his "new home" with his "friend" Hiroshi Mikitani, owner of Japan's Vissel Kobe, implying he would now be playing there after leaving Barcelona. The 34-year-old posted a photo of himself and Mikitani in what appeared to be a private jet, along with emojis of […]

ByAFP

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Post Barca, Iniesta to decide between China or Japan

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta says he will decide "next week" whether to continue his decorated career in either China or Japan. The 34-year-old Barca icon is bringing the curtain down on his two-decade stay with the Spanish champions, with his last game for the club he joined at the age of 12 […]

ByAFP

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/ 2363 days ago

Remembering Andres Iniesta, the greatest playmaker

The first real soccer match I ever watched was the 2010 World Cup Final. I didn't know any players names. I didn't understand tactics or individual players skill sets. I just watched, in all honesty, a dull and dirty affair between Spain and the Netherlands. And then, in the 116th minute, Andres Iniesta changed all […]

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/ 2851 days ago

Andres Iniesta keen to extend Barcelona contract

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta says he wants to stay on at the Catalan club "for a long time" after his current contract with the club expires in 2018. "In 2018 my contract ends and my desire is to continue, the whole world knows this, it is no secret. But my level of […]

ByAFP

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/ 2873 days ago

Returning Iniesta on bench for El Clasico

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta was left on the bench for the visit of Real Madrid in El Clasico on Saturday on his return from two months out with a knee injury. Barca coach Luis Enrique named the same side from last weekend's 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad, despite describing that display as […]

ByAFP

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Iniesta eyes Clasico return after knee injury

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta returned to training on Friday following a month out with a knee injury and is hopeful of playing in next month's Clasico, the Spanish champions said. Iniesta, 32, suffered knee ligament damage in a 3-2 win at Valencia on October 22, but the former Spain star is in […]

ByAFP

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/ 2915 days ago

Tearful Iniesta out for six to eight weeks

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta will be out for between six and eight weeks, the Spanish champions confirmed on Saturday after he suffered knee ligament damage in a 3-2 win at Valencia. Iniesta was stretchered from the field in tears after just 14 minutes, but fears he could be sidelined for months were […]

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