Gerard Piqué ended his career this week on a high, with a great goodbye at the Camp Nou over the weekend and a low when he was sent off without even playing against Osasuna.
Piqué, 35, also explained why he decided to retire midway through the season, as the lack of a spot in the team played a major role. “Because now? There are many reasons. Everyone knows that I started the season by talking to Xavi, who told me that he was of little use. I thought about it right then, but the team needed me. the best, and I realized that the break for the World Cup is the time. I always said that I left when I thought that I was no longer important and relevant for the team. If there were no injuries in defense, I would have left earlier, ” he explained in an interview on the Twitch platform to streamer Ibay Llanos, saying it cost him dearly, such as having to do a workout after a game he wasn’t used in:
“I didn’t feel the way I used to. There was a training at the Camp Nou where I almost gave up, it was not my place … but when a lot of injuries began to appear in defense, I thought that I was not going to leave the team and decided to stay until the World Cup. ”
Piqué says he started by talking to president Joan Laporta when the club traveled to Poland to play Pilsen in the Champions League on 1 November. “I told him in Pilsen. We already talked about it at his house. I thought I’d be sad, but I’m happy, I said goodbye. I look back and I was privileged. farewell saturday [no Camp Nou] it was impressive. I didn’t care to say goodbye, but I realized how much people like me.”
Now that the player phase is over, the center looks ahead and takes stock of the biggest buzz of the past week: a return to Barcelona as president.
“At some point, I’m sure that I will feel like a president, but for now I don’t think about it. I want to do other things. Being able to not train every day and not play on weekends will allow me to be more focused. We’ll see in the future, I don’t know how far or close. I would like to unleash the full potential of the club of my life,” he said.
Piqué also assured that he would no longer play even for his club Andorra.
