British media have reported that Manchester City FC, in order to improve their reputation around the world, will try to sign Andres Iniesta from FC Barcelona. Although both Barcelona officials and Iniesta have said numerous times that he will not leave Barca and that he would like to retire there, Manchester City representatives think that a bid of 40 million euro would change their minds.
They think that Iniesta would perfectly fit into their midfielder, and along with Robinho, and a couple of other signings they plan on doing over the summer, they think they will have a great squad for next season.
We’ll see what happens.
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Chelsea is doing great this season. Ever since Guus Hiddink took over as coach, they’ve been playing great. However, British media claim that the coach is not satisfied with the services provided by Ballack and Deco, and sees FC Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta as the perfect choice for his tactic plans.
Iniesta said that he feels great in Barcelona, where he earns around 5 million euro per year. However, Chelsea and its rich owner Roman Abramovich could offer Iniesta a bigger salary, and that could move him away from Camp Nou.
However, nothing will happen until this season ends. Although it’s very unlikely that Iniesta will leave Barcelona.
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Due to the absence of Henry, and since the coach demanded it, Iniesta has played a certain number of games on the left, on Henry’s position, thus leaving his natural midfield position. He did a great job there, no doubt, but on a press conference, he said that he feels best in the midfield.
“I will play wherever the coach asks me to play. However, I must say that I feel best in the midfield, since it’s my natural position.”
Andres is a all-around, universal player that has shown us that he can play great both in the midfield, but on the left flank too. He did a great job replacing Henry, but now Henry is back, and Iniesta is back in the midfielder. And he’s doing an amazing job.
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As you probably know, Barcelona are looking to sign a goalkeeper this coming summer. Of course, having the club’s reputation, they’ll be shooting for a classy one and — Juventus’ Buffon is surely one of them. However, since the price for him would be way to high, and Juventus doesn’t want to let him go easily, Barcelona could include some players in the deal.
Media suspect that Andres Iniesta and Yaya Toure would go to Juventus, while Buffon would come to Barcelona. That would be a swap deal.
However, both Iniesta and Toure have denied these rumours and said that they are looking to retire at Barcelona, although they’re both very young.
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