MADRID, Jan. 17 (SportsFinding) –
Vissel Kobe player Andrés Iniesta said the tandem he can form with Xavi Hernández “does not sound bad” for the bench of FC Barcelona, but said it can not be “right now”, in addition to highlighting that the club's culé forms in the Ernesto Valverde's farewell “have not been the best”.
“A tandem with Xavi? Not right now, but in two years we will see … I would like Xavi at any time, but something else is what he feels. I think that sooner or later Xavi will be at Barça, but I do not know at what time. And I did not say that I would like to train a certain team, but as a coach – as time goes by – I like it, “Iniesta told Cope's” The great game. “
“Time will tell, in the end they are things that you can imagine or that you would like, but each one's time is different. The club will be led by some or other people who can count on you or not. What would I like? I am not going to cheat you, and I would like to one day be able to come back and be able to be there as long as I am qualified for what I have to do, “he added.
The Manchego midfielder, who still has two years of contract with Vissel Kobe, does not plan to return from Japan ahead of time. “I really feel good, eager and excited. This year I enjoyed a lot and I think it will be a matter of going year after year. I still have the desire to go training, play and have fun. The motivation is still . That's the most important thing, “he snapped.
Asked about Ernesto Valverde's departure, the former Blaugrana player admitted that the club's forms “were not correct.” “Who knows me knows that it would be very difficult for me to criticize the way of doing Barcelona or not. Maybe the word 'ugly' can be strong, or that everyone can use it to say that I have given a touch of attention to Barça, as I read, but that is not the case, “he said.
“If you want to remove the word 'ugly' for any other. What I believe is that the forms were not correct, even Bartomeu recognized it. That was just one way of saying it,” added Iniesta, who gave his blessing to the new technician Quique Setién, that this Sunday will have its premiere against Granada.
“I have talked to Setién sometime. I had long since sounded to train Barcelona. I think he is a coach, and everyone agrees on this, that he has a way of understanding and seeing football with a lot of possession, and that he he likes to play well, playing and attacking. I believe, and I hope, he can have a great stage, “he said.