{"id":13258,"date":"2025-09-26T16:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/?p=13258"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:15:53","slug":"sergio-busquets-to-retire-after-2025-mls-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/?p=13258","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Busquets to Retire After 2025 MLS Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Legendary midfielder <strong>Sergio Busquets<\/strong> has officially confirmed that he will retire at the end of the <strong>2025 MLS season<\/strong>, drawing the curtain on a glittering career that has spanned nearly two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently playing for <strong>Inter Miami<\/strong> alongside his former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi, Busquets has been a cornerstone in world football, known for his intelligence, composure, and unmatched ability to control games from midfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Busquets\u2019 achievements are staggering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>3 Champions League titles<\/strong> with Barcelona.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9 La Liga titles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2010 FIFA World Cup winner<\/strong> with Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2012 European Championship winner<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He joined Inter Miami in 2023 as part of the club\u2019s high-profile recruitment drive and helped transform the team into an MLS powerhouse. While he is no longer at his physical peak, his influence on and off the pitch remains invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his retirement statement, Busquets thanked Barcelona, Inter Miami, and the fans worldwide who supported him, noting: <em>\u201cFootball has given me everything. Now is the right time to step aside and enjoy new challenges in life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His retirement will mark the end of an era for one of the greatest holding midfielders the game has ever seen. From the famed tiki-taka style under Pep Guardiola to his final years in MLS, Busquets leaves behind a legacy that will inspire generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary midfielder Sergio Busquets has officially confirmed that he will retire at the end of the 2025 MLS season, drawing the curtain on a glittering career that has spanned nearly two decades. Currently playing for Inter Miami alongside his former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi, Busquets has been a cornerstone in world football, known for his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[65,66,67],"class_list":["post-13258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-football-news","tag-sergio-busquets","tag-sports-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13260,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258\/revisions\/13260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}