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Andres Iniesta has been named as the new captain at J League club Vissel Kobe, a week after German team mate Lukas Podolski relinquished the armband.
A call from Andres Iniesta was enough to convince Sergi Samper to leave FC Barcelona and join Japanese side Vissel Kobe, the once promising midfielder said on Tuesday.
David Villa will reunite with his former Barcelona and Spain team-mate Andres Iniesta after joining Japanese side Vissel Kobe.
Barcelona, the defending La Liga champions, host eternal rivals, Real Madrid, at the Camp Nou on October 28, 2018.
Barcelona plan to visit China and Japan as part of a pre-season tour to Asia next summer, the club announced on Tuesday.
New Spain coach, Luis Enrique, announced his first squad on Friday, with Barcelona’s Jordi Alba and Koke of Atletico Madrid the major absentees for their UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and England.
The great Spanish midfielder, now in Japan after an illustrious career with boyhood club Barca, scored a sensational goal to open his account, assisted by former Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski.
FC Barcelona on Friday named Argentina’s Lionel Messi the club’s captain, following the departure of long-serving midfielder Andres Iniesta.
Iniesta started Sunday’s last 16 game on the bench as coach Fernando Hierro opted to rest the Barcelona legend.
He swapped La Liga action for the J.League after 16 stellar years at Spanish champions FC Barcelona.
Iniesta, who was substituted in the 82nd, hugged most of his teammates as well as some Real Sociedad players and the referee as he left Nou Camp pitch for the last time as a Barca player
This was after they said they would not pay the FC Barcelona playmaker a salary that would distort the market.
“It’s difficult for me and for anyone who likes football. I don’t see him as an FC Barcelona player, but a football man,” Zidane told a news conference on Friday.
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.
The Ballon d’Or, awarded annually to the world’s best player, provokes endless debate among football fans and pundits each year.
“There are a lot of thoughts going on in my head, with some stronger than others,” he told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser, with his comments reported by local media on Thursday.
The Spaniard is a man who has pedigree when it comes to beating the Blues, and his absence is something the Liga leaders have to worry over in the next few days.
In his 599 games since 2004 the 30-year-old Argentine legend has scored 523 goals all competitions to be the club’s all time top scorer and the top scorer in La Liga with 360
The game had been organised by Samuel Eto’o, a former teammate of both Iniesta and Messi, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his charity foundation