Captain Andres Iniesta: I hope to be able to retire at Barcelona
After his retirement the club captain hopes to remain linked to Barça in another role
Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta has looked back over his career at the club in an interview with Barça Magazine. Among other things, he spoke about what the future holds.
“Let’s hope I retire here,” he said in reference to his contract situation. His current deal expires until 2018, but as revealed by Sport on Wednesday, the club hope to had him an extension in the New year.
“When you start and everything is new, you never know what is going to happen but as things develop and become more important, you always have the hope of retiring here. I had the goal of being a success at Barca when I arrived and until I did that I was not satisfied.
“There were difficult moments when I was happy to play 10 minutes here rather than more time in another team and that has allowed me to achieve other things.”
Iniesta still doesn’t know what he will do in retirement, but he doesn’t expect to be far from football: “There are days when something occurs to you, other days something else. But at the moment I am not thinking about what I will do.
“I know that one way or another I will continue to be linked to football. Of course I would like to remain at Barca, but the future will decide.”
