Barcelona, Spain
Chinese Super League giants Chongqing Dangdai Lifan have denied move for Andres Iniesta. Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta announced recently that he will leave the club at the end of the season.
He has spent all his senior career at Camp Nou and has lifted 32 trophies for FC Barcelona.
From past few months, there were speculations that 33-year old might leave Barca and some Spanish media reported that he will move to a elite club Chongqing Dangdai Lifan of Chinese Super League.
The Chinese club also said that Iniesta wouldn't be joining "as a player" but left the door open to future cooperation with the midfielder, who has promotional and marketing links with the city.
"Our club will never violate the development prospects of Chinese football and we are determined to make due contributions to the healthy development of Chinese football," a statement said.
It added: "The other sports industry sections of our club's controlling shareholder have in-depth cooperation with Mr. Iniesta in sports brokerage, sports marketing, and youth training and education.
"We don't rule out that in the future there may be more in-depth cooperation between the two sides in the Chinese market, but this does not mean that Mr. Iniesta will join the club as a player."
Spanish media reported that the Barcelona captain could now be headed for Japan or Australia.