Since Gabriel Milito, technical director of Argentinos Juniors, acknowledged that he called his former teammate in Barcelona Andrés Iniesta to tempt him to play in the club of La Paternal, the fans of the Bicho maintain their illusion for the arrival of the Spanish footballer. Although that possibility seems crazy, Iniesta himself confirmed that there are contacts with the institution.
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There was talk of Argentinos Juniors, that Gaby Milito wanted to take you. Is that so?" asked Argentine comedian Jero Freixas, who attended the friendly that was played on Tuesday at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo between Barcelona and Vissel Kobe, a meeting that represented Iniesta's farewell to that Japanese team. "There we are in contact," replied the 39-year-old Spaniard.
A fan of Independiente, the influencer took the opportunity to give him a shirt of the Avellaneda club and even jokingly asked him to sign a contract at Rojo.
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Iniesta to Independent? The brain said it's going to think about it. Thank you @andresiniesta8 for your good vibes always and for continuing to give us your magic on the field," he wrote later on his Instagram account, accompanied by a photo next to him.
Jero Freixas and Andrés Iniesta.
Iniesta, Lionel Messi's football partner during a glorious Barcelona spell, spent the last five years of his career at Vissel Kobe. After his farewell, he surprised by revealing that he wants to play a while more professionally. "We had always imagined that I would retire here, but I really want to continue playing," he said.
Hearing the news, Gabriel Milito, coach of Argentinos Juniors, moved with the speed of a wing and called his former Barcelona teammate to tempt him with the possibility of landing at the La Paternal club.
Milito, on the chance of Iniesta playing in Argentinos Juniors: "We ask and we will wait for his answer"
After the win against Platense in La Paternal this past weekend, Milito said: "Andrés is not going to continue in Japan, in the team he played for five seasons. Obviously we share great moments together. We have a mutual friend who lives with him in Japan, who is a physiotherapist who was with us in Barcelona, who knows me very well and I know him very well because when I was touched on my knee he helped me a lot".
"And it's Andrew's personal physio. When the personal news came out that Andrés was not going to continue, logically I spoke with him to ask him what Andrés' intentions were. But obviously Andrés is a footballer worldwide and many teams in the world want him. Of course we would love to have him, because I know him and I know what he is as a person, as a player everyone already knows him."
Even so, he acknowledged the difficulties that exist for Iniesta to land in the country: "But we know how difficult it is for a player of such hierarchy to come and play Argentine football, because he also has a family, he has children, but ask we ask and we will wait for his answer, to see what he tells us. "
Although his incorporation into Argentine football is at least like a chimera, the institution of La Paternal also tried to put some pressure from his social networks, where he published an image of Iniesta celebrating the goal that earned Spain the world title in South Africa 2010. Edition through, on the front of his muscle was the shield of Argentinos Juniors next to the hashtag #IniestaAlBicho.
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