From Dubai, after assuming that His glorious period as a professional footballer has come to an endAndrés Iniesta tries to find the same calmness with which he played and with which he managed to make a difference on the field of play.
With our eyes set on a future, which will soon be present, as a coach, The legend of Barça and the Spanish National Team faces the final rush of 2024 where he has put an end to his days as a professional player. It’s time to take stock, and for that reason, the man from La Mancha sits down to talk with Raúl Varela, presenter of ‘La Tribu’.
You are going to emulate your friends Xavi and Cesc: “I have a relationship with both of them and we have been talking. Both one and the other decided that path. We have to find that hope and challenges again for wanting to improve, for wanting to do better. They, well, they already carry their baggage. I haven’t even started yet.”
Are you restless now that you are no longer active?: “Well, if I’m honest with you, no. Because, in a way, that aspect was already a lot in my head. I had to take the next step and do it naturally… it’s a process. I’m very calm, proud of how “It has been and what I have been able to achieve. I am already focused on projects that we have been working on over the years. It is also time to take advantage of it to do things with my family. In the end, we seek stability and happiness.”
What do you highlight about Guardiola to now use him as a coach?: “I could tell you many things about Pep, but above all that his teams are a reflection of what he thinks and what he transmits.
And about Del Bosque?: Well, of Vicente, above all, I would stay with that group management.”
The comparison with Pedri: “We always like to make comparisons. It would be good if we saw Pedri as just like Pedri, not as the new guy. He is going to make his own path and his history. And that’s how he is doing it, he is doing it very well. The talent “What he has is brutal, he has to continue growing.”
Iniesta talks about Pedri on Radio MARCA
His legacy: I have been respectful of my profession and the institutions I have represented. And from there, I have tried to do it the way I have always believed.”
Morata said, after winning the Euro Cup, that you helped him with his mental health: “Álvaro played that Euro Cup because he pushed forward and played it for him. From there, there have surely been many people who have helped him in complicated situations, who are always good at explaining and verbalizing to help people who “They have experienced similar situations. I thank him for his words, but he plays in this Euro Cup because he brings out everything he has to bring out from within.”
Iniesta talks about Morata on Radio MARCA
Barça and the quarry are still linked: “I would say that recognition or satisfaction for a job well done is not a job for the youth team. It is a job for many years and also a job for the coaches who are committed to it. In previous years he did it Xavi. And this year Flick is doing it. Well, delighted.”
