Why Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta Still Has a Key Role to Play at the Camp Nou

They might be slowly taking over world football thanks to their vast riches, but there are some things that even the Chinese Super League can’t afford to buy.

As reported by the Daily Express, an unnamed club from the fastest-growing league on the planet has approached Barcelona in a bid to prise Andres Iniesta from the Catalans. As tasks go, it is a herculean one.

Because Iniesta is as much a feature of Barcelona as Las Ramblas, the Magic Fountain of Montjuic or the Camp Nou itself. Still extremely valuable to the club 14 years after he made his debut for the first team, he really shouldn’t be going anywhere soon, and the club obviously seem to know that.

 A source close to the player told El Mundo Deportivo, (h/t the Express): “Iniesta is an icon and is not moving from here. He has a contract until 2018 and there is nothing to talk about with any club.”

Done and done. The club captain is sticking around for another couple of years at least, and that really should be the end of it.

Having just played a key role in what is his eighth La Liga triumph—the same number as Lionel Messi and Xavi, from whom he learned so much—Iniesta has arguably never been more important than he is right now.

At 32, he …

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