SKIPPER Angel Rangel is leaving Swansea after 11 years.
The Swans – doomed to relegation – will not renew the 35-year-old defender’s contract.
The Spaniard wants to find another club and quit playing when he is 37 or 37.
Rangel hopes to make his 374th appearance for the Swans in Sunday’s Premier League finale at home to relegated Stoke.
But Swansea need victory and an incredible 10-gal swing in goal difference to leapfrog Southampton and stay up.
Manager Carlos Carvalhal’s future is also under the microscope.
But it is Rangel’s departure that will touch Swans’ fans most.
And the “proud” right-back admits he never thought the day to say goodbye would arrive.
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He said: “I came here as a 24-year-old when the club were in League One.
“Eleven years later I have played more in the Premier League than in all the other divisions.
“That gives me a lot of pride and happiness, but also there is sadness because you don’t think this day will ever come.
“The years go by so fast and you don’t realise it is a very short career.
“The older you get, the more difficult it is to accept.
“But you have to be realistic and I have to be proud of what I have achieved at this club.”
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