Andres INIESTA, a former Spain national soccer team player and J1 player of Vissel Kobe, announced at a press conference in Kobe on the 25th that he will leave the team this summer. Iniesta said he felt that the manager's priorities were changing, and I decided that the best choice was to leave the club based on my own passion to accept that reality and continue playing.

Speaking about his five years at Vissel, he said, "I feel great joy and pride. I have grown a lot as a player and as a person"