After a long negotiation, Barcelona and Andres Iniesta reached an agreement on a lifetime contract for the team's captain. The midfielder has the second highest amount of caps in the club's history after joining their your system when he was twelve- the blaugrana announced the development with a statement in their official site:
Andrés Iniesta signed a lifetime contract with FC Barcelona on Friday, in a deal that will keep him at the Club for the rest of his career. The signing will take place at Camp Nou at 12:30pm CET.
Following the signing, around 1.00pm local time, FC Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu and Iniesta will address the media in the Camp Nou press room.
The Spanish midfielder, who has made 639 appearances for Barça, ranks second on the all-time games played list at the Club.
He has scored 55 goals for the first team, for which he debuted on October 29th, 2002.
Since 2015 Iniesta has been the team's first captain, and is one of the Club's most distinguished symbols.
The 33-year-old midfielder joined the Club in September 1996, at the age of 12. Iniesta and Leo Messi share the record for the most titles in Barça history, with 30.
