Iniesta Reveals Coaching Plans

By Max Wise

Barcelona and Spain great, Andres Iniesta, has plans to become a coach when he retires from playing professional football and says he may manage Barcelona one day.

Iniesta, 34, spent 16 trophy-laden years with Barcelona before departing for Vissel Kobe in Japan earlier this summer.

Iniesta, who scored Spain's solitary goal in the 2010 World Cup final victory over Holland, grew up in Barcelona's famed academy, La Masia, before making the upgrade to the Blaugrana's first team in 2002.

In an interview with Mundo Deportivo, Iniesta outlined his coaching ambitions once he calls time on his storied career.

"I do not know what the future will hold. I would not say that I would not like to be a Barca coach but I cannot say it's something I'm thinking about," the 34-year-old told Mundo Deportivo.

"Yes, it is true that with the passage of time, I will wake up the vision of being a coach. [That is how] I see myself but I guess when I leave football everything [can be] different. We will see what way it is."

"I would like to come back here [to Barcelona]. I feel at home and in the future I hope I can convey what I have learned and what I have felt and feel for this club."