At almost 40 years old Andres Iniesta continued to play soccer. Since he left Japan he has done so in the United Arab Emirates, specifically in Emirates FCwhere he has another former Barcelona player as a teammate, Paco Alcácer. The team is not going through a good moment and is fighting to avoid relegation.
The future of the man from La Mancha is unclear. The contract expires on June 30, although it has the option to extend it for another season. However, the possibility has been opened that instead of directing from the pitch, he does so from the bench.
“If the team achieves permanent, we will open renewal negotiations with him because he is still in very good technical and physical condition. He can stay with us for two or three seasons, but if we are relegated, I will not accept a player of the his value in the First Division. “I will offer to train the team,” said the president of Emirates FC, Youssef Al-Batran, in ‘Cairo News’.
And he explained how his signing came about: “I settled on Iniesta for a whole month secretly via video conference, and from the first meeting he was happy to join us and we had no difficulty in conversations. He advised the players how to be. Humble, disciplined, polite and punctual. He is one of their teachers. He expressed that he greatly admires his colleagues, even if they are not of Barcelona“.
In the interview he added “I also asked him jokingly: How long do you expect us to be together? He told me 10 years. He is comfortable here and has a big house for this time. Even his personal driver is told me that he had never seen a person with the respect and sophistication of Iniesta”.
Finally, he noted that “Iniesta This is the largest signing in the history of United Arab Emirates League. Even Maradona He came to the UAE League as a coach and not as a player. Everyone was surprised by Iniesta’s deal, even the leaders of the Emirati club told me: “Youssef! How did you do it!” Everyone is talking about Iniesta joining the team. Inter Miamibut I know better.”
Source: La Verdad
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