Villarreal's Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla celebrates after scoring a goal during the Spanish League football match between Villarreal CF and Real Madrid CF at La Ceramica stadium in Vila-real on January 3, 2019. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

Santi Cazorla will leave Villarreal at the end of the season, the midfielder confirmed on Saturday.

Cazorla bid farewell ahead of the team's final game of La Liga against Eibar on Sunday.

He is expected to join Qatari side Al-Sadd, coached by Xavi Hernandez. The 35-year-old has enjoyed a brilliant third spell at Villarreal after two years of horrendous injuries.

Cazorla previously made 180 appearances over six years for Arsenal and has 81 caps for Spain.

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He has also played for Malaga and Recreativo Huelva after first joining Villarreal as a teenager. "Villarreal has given me everything," Cazorla said in a video posted by the club on social media. "At 18 they took a punt on a boy from Oviedo who knew nobody."