After a career spent going head-to-head in the Champions League , Barcelona captain Xavi Hernandez and former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard are about to become team-mates , with the Spain international finalising negotiations on a move to New York City . The 35-year-old midfielder , who has played more games than any player in Barca ’ s history and won every honour possible , will join Manchester City ’ s MLS franchise at the end of this season ready to start playing for them in 2016 . Xavi ( centre ) celebrates after collecting the second of his three Champions League medals in 2009 . The veteran midfielder ( left ) has only been a bit-part player under Luis Enrique this season at Barca . Spanish radio station Cadena SER reported on Wednesday that the player , his father Joaquín and his agent Ivan Corretja met with a representative from the club at the L'Arrosseria Xàtiva restaurant in Barcelona just a stone ’ s throw from the Nou Camp to negotiate his move to the US . Xavi looked set to leave Barcelona last summer but decided to stay for one more season after a conversation with coach Luis Enrique . Despite that commitment he has played only a small role this campaign and played no part in Barcelona ’ s 2-1 victory over Manchester City last week . His departure from Barcelona will mark the end of an era . He joined the club as an 11-year-old and went on to make more than 700 appearances . He has won seven La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues . Xavi 's former Barcelona team-mate David Villa ( above ) is already at New York City . Ex-England midfielder Frank Lampard is unveiled at the new MLS franchise in July 2014 . It was Pep Guardiola who famously said of the young midfielder he saw coming through Barcelona ’ s youth system : ‘ This player will retire me ’ . He ended up playing alongside him briefly before leaving the club and returning to build a team around the Spain star who also played 133 times for his country . Xavi 's signing for New York City is a major coup and will also reunite him with former Spain and Barcelona team-mate David Villa , who will be expected to thrive on the service offered him by Xavi , and Lampard who also joins the MLS new boys after winning 11 major trophies at Chelsea in a 13-year period .
winger 's Barcelona contract expires in the summer . Former Spain midfielder set to sign for MLS franchise # ##ham City . He will join David Villa and pen Lampard in New York .