Isco has had an illustrious career, and has won it all. The Spaniard has won five Champions League titles, compared to Lionel Messi’s four.

However, the dazzling midfielder is currently without a club, and he has explained why.

Isco, now 31, has revealed why his move to Bundesliga side Union Berlin failed last summer.

“My agent calls me and tells me that he has Union Berlin, from Germany, with a very good offer until the end of the year with the option of a 1+1. I told him that I would call him in five minutes and I began to look around a bit and consult,” Isco tells Marca.

“They [Union Berlin] were doing very well in the Bundesliga, they were in the Europa League, the contract was good, the project looked good… So I accepted.

“They sent me the contract and I forwarded it to my lawyer. All in order. I packed my suitcase and travelled to Berlin alone, since in four hours it was impossible to organize the move for the whole family, with two such small children.

“When I arrived, a person from the club welcomed me. It was all done. I take the photos, a greeting to the camera… The typical thing. And we made an appointment for the next day to do the medical examination.

“In the morning, in the car to the hospital, they tell me: “In the end we can’t register you in Europe.” And he answered: “Are you telling me now?” His response was that they tried to the end and that it couldn’t be, so that’s fine.

“I passed the medical examination, which I passed, although many people questioned it… A rather absurd question, since the Sevilla doctors can corroborate that my physical condition at that time was one of the best of my career.

“The fact is that I pass the recognition and on the way to sign the contract they call me again. “Hey, in the end it’s not this amount… It’s less.” And I, for the second time, once again accept those changes that were not in the pre-agreement for which I flew to Germany.

“But after ten minutes, they call me a third time saying that the amount for the coming season is not that of the contract either and that it must be reviewed. And I already planted myself.

“I travelled with great expectations and enthusiasm to a team that plays in the Europa League and in fifteen minutes they had changed half of my contract. Contract that was accepted and reviewed by both us and them. It was disrespectful.

“I’m not 18 years old, nor is it the first contract I’ve signed, so I said that’s not how I signed. If all this had happened in twelve hours in Germany, in a year I don’t even want to think about it… I told them that I was very sorry and that I was going back to Spain, that what was happening was not serious.

“Yes, I returned to Spain. And there I felt that after everything that had happened I needed to stop and clear my head.

“Mentally I was not prepared for another move, another project… I felt that I needed to stop, do therapy, order my mind, order my life, my thoughts.”