Latest


Barcelona elect Iniesta as captain

  •   Tue, Aug 04 2015 10:54:27 PM

Barcelona, Aug 4 (IANS): Spanish football giants Barcelona have announced midfielder Andres Iniesta as their new captain for the upcoming season.

Argentine forward Lionel Messi will be the second and Sergio Busquets the third skipper of the Catalan side, reports goal.com on Tuesday.

The appointments were made following a secret ballot amongst the playing staff, who voted for Iniesta to head them this season.

However, the results still needs approval of head coach Luis Enrique and his coaching staff.

Spanish defender Gerard Pique was the fourth captain last season but now he has been replaced by Argentine international Javier Mascherano.

Iniesta is now the longest-serving player at Camp Nou, having made his debut in October 2002.

 
  

Top Stories

Mangaluru: Over 1,800 new IT jobs - City poised for growth

  •   5 hours ago    1

Leave a Comment

Title: Barcelona elect Iniesta as captain



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.

You might also like