Owen Farrell says the “time feels proper” to depart Saracens however is aiming to complete on a excessive with the membership.
The membership captain joined Sarries aged 14 and is on track to make his 250th look in opposition to Harlequins on 23 March.
“Entering into to the again finish of the yr we want to make it the very best we will,” he instructed the membership web site.
He made his first-team debut for the north London membership in 2008, aged 17, and have become English skilled rugby’s then youngest ever participant.
Farrell additionally stayed with the workforce via the 2020-21 season once they had been relegated to the Championship due to wage cap breaches and was made captain of the facet in 2021.
He received six Premiership titles, to go along with the Champions Cups he lifted in 2016, 2017 and 2019.
Final season he kicked 13 factors as Saracens beat Sale within the Premiership closing at Twickenham.
“It has by no means been taken as a right enjoying for this membership,” England’s document factors scorer added.
“Entering into to the again finish of the yr we want to make it the very best we will, and I can not wait to get pleasure from that over the approaching months.
“It’s robust to be leaving a spot that has been my dwelling since I used to be 14.
“It has been a tough choice however it’s an thrilling one for our household. For the primary time ever we thought it might be good to go and expertise one thing totally different, and the time feels proper.”
In November he introduced he was taking a break from worldwide rugby to “prioritise his psychological wellbeing” and stepped down as England captain.
“Everybody on the membership is aware of we’ve got been privileged to work with a once-in-a-generation participant,” mentioned Sarries director of rugby Mark McCall.
“Owen has been the heartbeat of Saracens since his debut and central to all of the membership has achieved. He’ll all the time be a part of the Saracens household.”
The membership is planning a sequence of tributes to Farrell earlier than the tip of the season, together with within the derby in opposition to Quins, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in March.