Immediate former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta says that Real Madrid was interested in signing him.
He said: “There have been some moments when Madrid has felt around me to sign me. There have never been negotiations beyond the fact of [Madrid] wanting me to be there. I was always clear that I wanted to succeed in Barcelona,” ” Iniesta said in a wide-ranging interview on El Hormiguero.
“The beginnings were not easy. There was talk of going somewhere else, but I always preferred to play 10 minutes here than more on another team” he added.
Iniesta is in Japan aftyer signing for Vissel