Andres Iniesta is expected to sign for Chinese club, Chongqing Dangdai Lifan this summer.
Andres Iniesta will win La Liga for the ninth time this season, taking his haul of club trophies to 30.
But this summer he will leave Catalunya behind to move to the Chinese Super League.
And the team that has won the race to sign him is understood to be Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, owned by Jiang Lizhang.
Lizhang made headlines in England last year by hiring Tony Adams as manager of Granada, a Spanish football club he owns. The 36-year-old billionaire also boasts stakes in Italian club Parma and NBA franchise the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Tianjin Quanjian were the early favourites, whilst Hebei China Fortune were believed to want to reunite Iniesta with his former Blaugrana teammate, Javier Mascherano.
http://bountycpa.go2cloud.org/SH7wRdres Iniesta will go down as one of the finest players of his generation, a key part of the Barcelona team that has enjoyed unparalleled success under Pep Guardiola, Luis Enrique and now Ernesto Valverde.
Andres Iniesta will win La Liga for the ninth time this season, taking his haul of club trophies to 30.
But this summer he will leave Catalunya behind to move to the Chinese Super League.
And the team that has won the race to sign him is understood to be Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, owned by Jiang Lizhang.
Lizhang made headlines in England last year by hiring Tony Adams as manager of Granada, a Spanish football club he owns. The 36-year-old billionaire also boasts stakes in Italian club Parma and NBA franchise the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Tianjin Quanjian were the early favourites, whilst Hebei China Fortune were believed to want to reunite Iniesta with his former Blaugrana teammate, Javier Mascherano.
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