Villa didn't confirm his next destination, but Pablo Maurer of The Athletic suggested where Villa's future may lie:. I'm unable to get any firm confirmation on this, but I've heard a lot of chatter over the past few days that he's headed to Japan for one last year. The MLS club responded with a video tribute of its own to celebrate the player known as "El Guaje" and his productive spell:.
Calling it the "perfect time" to move on, Villa also indicated he will have the answer on where he will move to "in the next few days. If he does opt to move to Japan, Villa would have the chance to see former Barca team-mate Andres Iniesta. Podolski and Iniesta aren't the only big names from the upper echelons of European football to have opted for life in Japan. Fernando Torres , often one half of a deadly double act with Villa for Spain, has been playing for Sagan Tosu since leaving Atletico Madrid back in July.
Star striker David Villa, Spain's top goalscorer, Wednesday announced he will retire next month, ending a glittering career in which he won the World Cup, European Championships and Champions League.
The year-old Vissel Kobe striker said he will call it a day at the end of the J-League season after a year career that took in Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Valencia while accumulating 98 caps for his country.
This is the result of discussions I had with my family and people around me I wanted to retire from football, not be forced to retire from football," he said.
Villa will become an investor in Queensboro FC, a new franchise based in the New York district of Queens that will play in the second tier of US football. Villa played in three World Cups and was a member of the Spanish side that lifted the trophy in and won the European Championships in , though he missed out on the triumph through injury. He scored 59 times for Spain, a national record.
At Vissel Kobe, he played alongside fellow Spanish legend Andres Iniesta and German striker Lukas Podolski but the presence of the foreign stars has done little to bring success to the ambitious Japanese club. Vissel Kobe are currently languishing 10th in the J-League after 31 games — the same position they finished last year.
Another deflating result for Barca was made worse by another injury for Ansu Fati, who put his team in front and then had go off with a hamstring problem. Xavi has been tipped to return to the club where he starred as a player and take over as coach following the sacking earlier this week of Ronald Koeman.
Barcelona said in a statement it had reached an agreement with Xavi to become first team coach for the rest of the current season and two more seasons.
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