ANDRES INIESTA UNVEILED

The former Barcelona legend, Andr4es Iniesta Lujan has been unveiled as a Vissel Kobe player after much speculations that he could be heading to Chinese league from Camp Nou. Vasel Kobe is a japanese first tier club which due to sponsorhip deals(Rakuten) with Barcelona, will parade the 34 year old veteran. He has signed a two-year deal with the club after spending his whole footballing life at FC Barcelona.

The Spaniard took to social media to announce that he is heading to the J-League as he posed for a picture with Japanese club Vissel Kobe’s chairman Hiroshi Mikitani, who is also the CEO of Barcelona sponsor Rakuten.

Andrés Iniesta got the send-forth he deserved on Sunday evening (20th May) in the final match of the season, and his last ever game in the famous blaugrana shirt – the only one of he has ever worn in one of the most glittering careers in football history.

Indeed, his amazing tally of 32 major trophies is a club record that he shares with Lionel Messi.

As stated on the Fc Barcelona page, Iniesta's notable stats are summarised thus:

1.22 years at FC Barcelona

2. 16 seasons in the first team

3. 3 seasons as first captain

4. 674 appearances

5. 57 goals

6. 32 major trophies

7. 2nd most all-time appearances

8. Never sent off