Barcelona defender Gerard Pique caused controversy after his recent statements to a satellite channel.
Pique took advantage of his conversation with former Manchester United player Gary Neville on “Sky Sports”, to respond to some of the accusations leveled against him and reveal the scenes of some of the things that happened with him.
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique explained that he cried, after the departure of Argentine star Lionel Messi from the Catalan club.
This comes at a time when many reports have emerged confirming that the veteran Barcelona defender is at the forefront of the reasons that prompted Messi to leave the Catalan club.
Messi left Barcelona during the last summer transfer period, moving to Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.
The veteran defender tried to absolve himself of this accusation, saying: “I cried when Messi left Barcelona, because of everything he did for the club throughout his career with us, and I wished he would continue with us until he retired.”
He continued: “I can understand why Messi did not renew his contract, the club was suffering a lot financially because of the former president and the way he ran the club, these things happen in life.”
He added, “It would be great to see Messi wearing the Barca shirt again in the future.”
As for the Super League: “It has become very political here in Spain, the press is controlled by different people who support the Premier League, it is not like that in England.”
And about the leaks of playing the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia: “The controversy was a nightmare here in Spain, it was a cultural issue when we talk about a lot of money.”
At the end of his speech, Pique touched on the nature of the competition between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho, during their training period for Barcelona and Real Madrid, noting that the Portuguese coach was assuring Real players that Barcelona stars hated them, which caused Iker Casillas to ignore talking to him during one of the Spanish national team camps.
On the tension with the traditional rivals Real Madrid because of Mourinho, he cited: “The tension between Barcelona and Real Madrid reached its peak in 2012, to the point that Xavi and Casillas, who are considered good friends, stopped talking to each other for a while, and then sat down with each other to end it.” .
He concluded his speech by saying: “It got to the point where I was greeting Casillas in the Spain dressing room, and he wouldn’t greet me, in the end, we had to sit down with each other to stop it because we were going to play the European Cup, and fortunately we fixed things We won the title.”