MADRID, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Valencia goalkeeper Santiago Canizares is leaving on Monday after the Primera Liga club agreed to rescind his contract from the start of next week.

    "We would have liked it all to have finished in a better way but he deserves to leave the club with a big send off," president Agustin Morera told a news conference on Friday.

    Canizares' contract with the club should have another year to run.

    "I am going to listen to offers and if any of them interest me I will take them. If not I will do something else, because I also have offers to do other things. I haven't made up my mind on retirement," said Canizares.

    The 38-year-old, who has been capped 45 times for Spain, has been at Valencia since leaving Real Madrid in 1998, helping them win two league titles, a UEFA Cup, and playing in two Champions League finals.

    Valencia host Atletico Madrid at the Mestalla on Sunday for their final game of the Spanish top flight.