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27.11.2009 13:53
Don Andrés, until 2015: “It’s a very special day”
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At 13.45 today, Andrés Iniesta extended his FC Barcelona contract until June 30 of 2015, with the buy-out clause set at 200 million euros.
Iniesta, aged 25, had a contract until 2014 and a buy-out clause of 150 million. The new
conditions have added one more year to make a total of six.
“My dream is to retire here”
Having signed, Andrés Iniesta spoke to Barça TV. “It is a very
special day. I want to thank to President, the Board and Txiki Begiristain for continuing to have
faith in me. It is step further towards my dream, which is to retire here”.
He also wants to win more titles. “I’d like to end my career and look back at
everything I have won, that’s what makes us happy. I’ll have to fight for that”
he said.
First choice player
Andrés Iniesta is one of the four captains and one of the most decisive
members of the FC Barcelona squad. His has manager Josep Guardiola’s every confidence, and
has played in 15 games this season, nine times as a starter. In fact, ever since he joined the
first team he has been a regular first choice player.
Photos: Miguel Ruiz (FCB)
Laporta: “It is a historic day”
Joan Laporta told Barça TV and www.fcbarcelona.cat that the renewal of Andrés Iniesta makes for a
historic day because the player, “on the one hand, has shown that he is one of the best
players in the world, and on the other, because he sets an example for the younger members of the
squad. Andrés is the perfect example of the merits of the Masia, and of Barça’s youth
football scheme, he is the one children look up to, not just at Barça, but everywhere”.
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