Ball – Pique explains the decision to leave now and talks about the presidency’s rumor: “At some point I will feel like it” (Barcelona)

Gerard Pique ended his career this week, on high, with a fantastic farewell at Camp Nou at the weekend, and on low, when he was sent off without even playing, against Osasuna.

Pique, 35, explained why he chose to retire mid-season, as the lack of space in the team plays an important role. “Because now? There are many reasons. Everyone knows I started the season with a conversation with Xavi, who told me he wouldn’t use much. I thought about it at the time, but the team needed me. From the start of the season, the sensations weren’t the best and I saw the World Cup break It was the right time. I always said I left when I thought I was no longer important or relevant to the team. If there had been no injuries in defense, I would have left earlier,” he explained in an interview on the Twitch platform of broadcast operator Ibai Llanos, saying that it cost him Many, for example, having to do a training session after a match in which he was not used:

“I didn’t feel like I was used to it. There was a training session at the Camp Nou where I was about to give up, and that wasn’t my place…But when so many injured people started showing up in defense, I thought I wouldn’t leave the team and decided to stay until the World Cup. “

Pique says he started talking to president Joan Laporta when the club went to Poland to play Plzen in the Champions League on November 1. “I told him in Plzen. We had already talked about it at his house. I thought I would be sad, but happy, I said goodbye. I looked back and I was lucky. Farewell Saturday [no Camp Nou] It was amazing. I didn’t care about the farewell thing, but I realized how much people like me.”

With the player’s stage rankings, the center is looking ahead and making up the biggest rumor last week: a return to Barcelona as president.

“At some point, I’m sure I’ll feel like being a boss, but right now I’m not thinking about it. I want to do other things. Having the freedom to not train every day or play on weekends will allow me to be more focused. We’ll see in the future, I don’t know to what extent or how soon. I would like to explore the full potential that the club has in my life,” he declared.

Pique also confirmed that he would never play again, not even for the club he owns, Andorra.