'Sports Houchi' says the Barça player's future has been decided
Japanese newspaper 'Sports Houchi' claim that Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta has already reached an agreement to move to Vissel Kobe when he leaves Barcelona.
They report that he will head to Japan after the last game of the La Liga season against Real Sociedad and will be presented by Hiroshi Mikitani, the president of Vissel Kobe and of Rakuten.
Iniesta will then head to the World Cup with Spain before finally returning to Japan to start the next phase of his career in August.
Vissel Kobe emerged as a possible option for Iniesta a few weeks ago after he looked set to move to the Chinese Super League.
The Japanese club have signed a number of Brazilians in the past although one of their biggest signings was Danish forward Michael Laudrup, who joined them from Real Madrid in 1996-97.
