Andrés Iniesta hangs up his football boots at the age of 40. The legend of Barça and La Roja in Barcelona announced his retirement, after a final professional experience in the United Arab Emirates.
“Being on the green is over“, announced the midfielder, visibly moved, after speaking at length about his entire career in front of the press, during an event organized in Barcelona.
“I can’t stay away from football, it’s my life and it will continue to be my life. Now I have to continue training, I’m getting my coaching diploma and that’s the next step“, he continued.”I will try to come back to do a big job, but he will not be running behind the ball, but from another place“.
Andrés Iniesta played sixteen years in the first team of Barça, his training club, five at Vissel Kobe in Japan, before a final year at the United Arab Emirates Club.
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