Gabriel Milito, friend and former teammate of Manchego at Barça, contacted him to try to convince him to start a new adventure in Argentina
Spanish footballer Andrés Iniesta, 39, has announced he will leave Japanese league Vissel Kobe ‘by mutual agreement’
After crossing Japan with Vissel Kobe, Andrew injection It is clear that he wants to continue playing football. As, Gabriel Militofriend and former teammate of Manchego at Barça, contacted him to try to convince him to start a new adventure in Argentina at the hands of Argentinos Juniors in La Paternal.
Spanish footballer Andrés Iniesta, 39, announced he will leave Japanese league Vissel Kobe ‘by mutual agreement’and stressed that he will continue his professional career in another destination as he still wants to “keep playing” and “keep competing.”
Due to the old relationship between Milito and Iniesta, Barça colleagues, rumors began to spread, at first totally implausiblebut which the Argentine club fueled from social media with a certain joking tone: “We will wait for you”, they posted in a first tweet. And they continued: “The 5th, the 8th, the 10th, whatever you want. See you here in a few days”.
“We have a mutual friend who lives with him in Japan… I spoke to him to ask what Iniesta’s intentions are.” Milito wants the Brain for the Insect… What madness!
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“We have a mutual friend who lives with him in Japan…I spoke to him to ask what Iniesta’s intentions are“Milito confessed at the press conference.
For his part, Cristian Malaspina, president of Argentinos Juniors, was questioned about these rumors and, to the surprise of many, confirmed: “Gabriel Milito He spoke to Iniesta to see if he wants to come to the club. They are friends”. However, the Argentine leader clarified: “This is what happened and there is nothing concrete“.
The footballer, who turned 39 on 11 May, joined Vissel Kobe in July 2018 and was part of the best eleven players in the Japanese league in 2019 and 2021, although since that year he has suffered several injuries which have prevented him from maintaining regularity.