On May 29th, 20 18 Beijing time, Iniesta officially landed in Japan's J League. The former Barcelona captain revealed in an interview that Real Madrid had hoped to sign him, but he refused.
Iniesta came from Barcelona's youth training system and spent most of his career in Barcelona. He didn't leave Barcelona until the end of this season to join the Japanese team Kobe Victory Ship. As we all know, Barcelona and Real Madrid are sworn enemies of Spain. If a player joins another club from one club, it will always cause great controversy.
Iniesta said in an interview: "On several occasions, Real Madrid was by my side, but I didn't want to play there, so the two sides didn't have in-depth negotiations. Since I joined La Marcia, I thought I would succeed in Barcelona. Although it was not easy at first, I also like it here, not for other teams. "
In fact, in 20 13, the Spanish media broke the scandal between Real Madrid and Iniesta, and even rumored that Iniesta had negotiated with Real Madrid executives, but Iniesta did not go to the Bernabeu in the end.
As for joining Kobe's victory boat, the tough Iniesta still has a great goal: "I will prepare for the World Cup with Spain and then come back. I will do my best to help Kobe Bryant, hoping to make the team a champion contender in the future J League and AFC Champions League. "