Gerard Piqué
entered the youth divisions of
FC Barcelona at the age of 10, in 1997.
A few years later , Lionel Messi
joined ,
both members of the historic generation of 87' from
La Masia.
Although the defender had a short stint at Real Zaragoza and played three seasons in the Premier League with Manchester United, they shared a lot together and were fundamental pieces of Barça's Golden Era.
For this reason, after a long road traveled together, it was expected that the Spaniard would call or, at least, send a message to the Argentine after the World Cup, that dream that Leo pursued for so many years and that came true in Qatar 2022
.
However, none of that happened.
Messi (1st) and Piqué (5th) make up the Top 5 footballers with the most PJ in Barcelona.
AFP/Lluis Gene.
In dialogue with the tiktoker John Nellis,
Piqué
commented that he did not congratulate Messi after the World Cup.
"It's crazy, but the truth is that I was totally disconnected. I didn't watch any game, just the final and not the whole game. I went on vacation for a few days. My last few months were hard
and I really needed to disconnect from football."
It is
that at this time the Blaugrana icon separated from
Shakira,
his partner for more than 12 years and with whom he had two children, and was left in the eye of criticism after an alleged infidelity of the former came to light. soccer player, with the addition of the song that the singer dedicated to him and that broke records for views around the world.
Piqué hung up his boots and seeks to rebuild his life while he is engaged in the
Kings League,
an amateur seven-a-side soccer league that he promoted himself along with a group of streamers.
In that same interview, he also praised the Argentine star of Paris Saint Germain.
"He's the best in the world right now and I think he's the best ever in this game among those who won the World Cup. It was his dream," he said
.
And he did not escape the relationship with
Cristiano Ronaldo.
"The fight between them was impressive.
I think that, in terms of talent, Messi is number one, for sure.
It is true that Cristiano worked very hard to try to compete and fight for that first place, but if you see the career of both I would choose Messi for sure.
He is the best player in the world and he showed it in the World Cup",
he praised.
Then, he chose
Iker Casillas, Carles Puyol and Cesc Fabregas
as the best goalkeeper, defender and midfielder respectively, his teammates in the Spanish team that won the Euro 2008-World Cup 2010-Euro 2012 titles and marked an era.
Piqué celebrates with Casillas and Puyo the pass to the World Cup final that Spain would win.
REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo.
About that golden age of
La Roja,
he said the following when asked by
Sergio Ramos,
a direct rival in the Spanish classic.
"We were friends until Mourinho arrived at Real Madrid and there our meetings were very strong. At that time, the relationship in the national team was not the best. When
Mourinho left we were able to recover that relationship and it was key to winning the 2012 Euro Cup and have all the success we had with the national team”.
Finally
, he surprised with his response to the question about the most famous contact not related to soccer that he has on his cell phone.
"I would say Shakira, maybe. It was my partner. I'm thinking about my Instagram followers and yes, if you're saying that, on Twitter, I don't know, I would say Shakira," she said
.
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