Gerard Piqué has finished the emotional, elegant, Barcelona-charged, emotional video from the center of a quiet and desolate Camp Nou, the stadium that has been whistling to him recently, in which he has been playing since 2008. his performance dwindled, he was penalized with injuries, now a piece by Xavi (the sixth centre-back was even behind in rotation by non-backstop winger Marcos Alonso).
This audio-visual piece ended with the football player looking at the empty box on that night of the stealth shoot and a sentence that would become his next roadmap when he left his clothes. “You already know me, I’ll be back sooner or later,” Piqué explained, looking at the chairs now occupied by president Joan Laporta, who saw the two captains leave in just a year and a half.:Messi and Pique.
The defender watched from the shadows of a stadium preparing to experience a match he never imagined tomorrow. Or how the league’s routine visit to Almería on an autumn day became the farewell scene for one of the best defenders in Barça history.
Laporta’s critique
That’s what Piqué wanted, again unusual in announcing his surprising resignation from football mid-season. But nothing in it has been traditional. Also, it was missing to the lap At the last meeting of delegates, he publicly criticized him for not wanting to stop lowering his salary to adapt staff’s ‘fair play’ salary, as requested by the board of directors. He had another year and a half on his contract (June 2024) and that was the highest payroll in the locker room, so he could stop coming in at 30m euros.
He was also inundated as it was a tumultuous year (his divorce with Shakira, injuries that hindered his performance, and Camp Nou’s whistles in the disastrous match that preceded Barça’s elimination from Europe, also causing tensions to drop. Xavi, This landed him on the team) served as reasons for choosing an unexpected farewell path.
Marking times
Tired of the club forcing him to leave, Piqué decided to leave, carefully choosing all the details. The defender marked the times when he was accustomed to being the sole and true owner of his destiny. Everything. How? Through that video, which was prepared with exquisite delicacy and precision and distributed on Twitter as well as on the official Barça account.
When? The Barça jersey was worn for the last time at the Nou Camp after 15 years without attracting the attention of the club, thus preventing any leaks. He was able to say this last Wednesday evening at the team’s dinner at Can Ferran, a restaurant in Sant Quirze del Vallès, but chose to remain silent for greater impact.
And why now? Because the board of directors chose to do this of their own free will before taking any serious measures about its future, which coincided with the opening of the winter market in January. And money? He resigned from the contract that made him the best payer on the roster, although money differing in times of the pandemic had to be resolved first, and then with Josep Maria Bartomeu under his presidency. A coin not wanting to seek elsewhere, far from Camp Nou.
Farewell was in Lisbon
Piqué, who quit football at the beginning of November, said: “I have always said that there will be no other team after Barça and it will be like this”. Thus, in the end, Bayern Munich fulfills what it promised in August 2020, shortly after Quique Setién’s brutal 2-8 win over Barça in Munich. “Nobody matters, and if new blood is needed I’m the first to propose myself, I’m the first to drop him off because I think we’ve hit rock bottom now,” the defender later admitted, not knowing that he needed two. Years, two months and three days to visualize this farewell.
Farewell from the field. But a is not forever. Not less. Piqué defender, rebellious, disrespectful, daring with the ball, an essential part in the making of the greatest Barça in history, a contemporary of Puyol, Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, with a defiant and provocative personality, leaving his place to the socialite Piqué. Depends on her job as she prepares to return to the home where she lived 25 years of her life.
That’s why (Andorra is the owner of the new Davis Cup and a key link in the selection of Saudi Arabia as the venue for the Spanish Super Cup) the businessman has a plan. Everyone is warned. Piqué surprisingly leaves the boots in the Camp Nou locker room, but prepares his suit for his return to the stadium (the club’s bylaws prohibit him from appearing in the next two years). But sitting a little higher as Barça president.
Gerard Piqué has finished the emotional, elegant, Barcelona-charged, emotional video from the center of a quiet and desolate Camp Nou, the stadium that has been whistling to him recently, in which he has been playing since 2008. his performance dwindled, he was penalized with injuries, now a piece by Xavi (the sixth centre-back was even behind in rotation by non-backstop winger Marcos Alonso).
This audio-visual piece ended with the player looking at the empty box on that night of stealth shooting and a sentence that would become his next roadmap when he left his clothes. “You already know me, I’ll be back sooner or later,” Piqué explained, looking at the chairs now occupied by president Joan Laporta, who saw the two captains leave in just a year and a half.:Messi and Pique.
The defender watched from the shadows of a stadium preparing to experience a match he never imagined tomorrow. Or how the league’s routine visit to Almería on an autumn day became the farewell scene for one of the best defenders in Barça history.
Laporta’s critique
That’s what Piqué wanted, again unusual in announcing his surprising resignation from football mid-season. But nothing in it has been traditional. Also, it was missing to the lap At the last meeting of delegates, he publicly criticized him for not wanting to stop lowering his salary to adapt staff’s ‘fair play’ salary, as requested by the board of directors. He had another year and a half on his contract (June 2024) and that was the highest payroll in the locker room, so he could stop coming in at 30m euros.
He was also inundated as it was a tumultuous year (his divorce with Shakira, injuries that hindered his performance, and Camp Nou’s whistles in the disastrous match that preceded Barça’s elimination from Europe, also causing tensions to drop. Xavi, This landed him on the team) served as reasons for choosing an unexpected farewell path.
Marking times
Tired of the club forcing him to leave, Piqué decided to leave, carefully choosing all the details. The defender marked the times when he was accustomed to being the sole and true owner of his destiny. Everything. How? Through that video, which was prepared with exquisite delicacy and precision and distributed on Twitter as well as on the official Barça account.
When? The Barça jersey was worn for the last time at the Nou Camp after 15 years without attracting the attention of the club, thus preventing any leaks. He was able to say this last Wednesday evening at the team’s dinner at Can Ferran, a restaurant in Sant Quirze del Vallès, but chose to remain silent for greater impact.
And why now? Because the board of directors chose to do this of their own free will before taking any serious measures about its future, which coincided with the opening of the winter market in January. And money? He resigned from the contract that made him the best payer on the roster, although money differing in times of the pandemic had to be resolved first, and then with Josep Maria Bartomeu under his presidency. A coin not wanting to seek elsewhere, far from Camp Nou.
Farewell was in Lisbon
Piqué, who quit football at the beginning of November, said: “I have always said that there will be no other team after Barça and it will be like this”. Thus, in the end, Bayern Munich fulfills what it promised in August 2020, shortly after Quique Setién’s brutal 2-8 win over Barça in Munich. “Nobody matters, and if new blood is needed I’m the first to suggest myself, I’m the first to leave him because I think we’ve hit rock bottom now,” the defender admitted, not knowing that he needed two. Years, two months and three days to visualize this farewell.
Farewell from the field. But a is not forever. Not less. Piqué defender, rebellious, irreverent, daring with the ball, an essential part in the making of the greatest Barça in history, a contemporary of Puyol, Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, with a defiant and provocative personality, leaving his place to the socialite Piqué. Depends on her job as she prepares to return to the home where she lived 25 years of her life.
That’s why (Andorra is the owner of the new Davis Cup and a key link in the selection of Saudi Arabia as the venue for the Spanish Super Cup) the businessman has a plan. Everyone is warned. Piqué surprisingly leaves the boots in the Camp Nou locker room, but prepares his suit for his return to the stadium (the club’s charter prohibits him from playing in the next two years). But sitting a little higher as Barça president.
Source: Informacion
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