BARCELONA – Gerard Piqué lowered former Barcelona president Josep María Bartomeu, praised Florentino Pérez, recalled 2-8 against Bayern to assess Barça’s past successes, announced his intention to retire from Barça He recalled his time at Manchester United and the Spanish national team spoke about Sergio Ramos, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, the Barça elections and his recovery.
During a leisurely two-hour conversation with Ibai Llanos, one of the most popular streamers in the world on his Twitch channel, the Catalan exchange, who turned 34 on Tuesday, nothing or almost nothing was in the pipeline.
Piqué, who in another conversation on the YouTube program ‘Post United’ aimed his arrows at Real Madrid because of the arbitrations, kept a very relaxed tone with the famous streamer and barely avoided a topic.
“I see Messi very happy and having him by his side is always a guarantee of success … But I don’t know what his ultimate intention is; that’s a question for him,” he warned when asked by the Argentinian star, and revealed that the Burofax issue “It was a very difficult situation for everyone. On the one hand there is the situation of the club, on the other hand the staff (that of the player himself) and some events happened that in the best possible way. way because Leo stayed, ”he summarized, without going into much detail about what will happen at the end of the season.
“Failure is part of life,” he stated on the Lisbon recall 2-8 against Bayern Munich. “It hurts a lot, but life is this. Sometimes life hits you and you have to adapt, improve. You always have to look ahead,” explained the Barça center-back, who admitted that it was “very strong. stick was and benefited. then to reveal that “now is when you value successes, titles … When you’re in the lean season, you understand that you don’t always win.
“You should always have the ambition to want to win more things. Now that we’ve eaten a lot of shit, you appreciate the fact that you lift titles a lot more. I’ve been lucky enough to win so much when I was so young that you won a World Cup and it was another title. That feeling of being young and feeling unstoppable … you don’t really appreciate success. Now that they’ve painted our faces, you do, “he said.
“With Sergio Ramos I get along … cordially. I have good treatment as I have with the other Real Madrid players,” said Piqué, who realized that he always likes to push the rivalry with the Merengue club to the limit. wanted to float. , there was a time, that of Mourinho, ‘when all red lines were crossed.
“It’s lighter now. Not to blame him, but he arrived and everything got hot and when he left everything cooled down. Things are there. I have to put weeds and mess it up within the parameters I consider without crossing a red line and at that point it was exceeded. There were actions such as pointing the finger at Tito Vilanova. And the media and the Madrid campaign that it seemed like nothing was happening. We already know how this goes. Subsequently, it has been shown over time that you can form friendships with the rival while maintaining the sporting rivalry “.
Was less condescending with Bartomeu, of whom he said that “he had no leadership. I have good treatment with him and as a person I don’t see him harm, but you have to have the skills to run a club like Barça. That’s an ocean liner. More than once I said to him, “Presi, come to the sports center, we’ll talk” but he never showed up …
“If you avoid bad moments, everything gets complicated, more problems arise and things get worse; if you escape, you will not appear and mountains will be delegated. You need to know how to make decisions for the club to thrive. There were times when leadership was required to emerge. If there are problems, you have to know how to solve them, take the bull by the horns “.
In this sense, he compared the management of the former Barcelona president to Florentino Pérez at Real Madrid, stating that the Merengue president “is a person with a gift of command. With his decisions, which you may like or not,” shows he is the leader Everyone will have their opinion, but at least it shows that they have an idea and know where they are going With Ramos, with Cristiano at the time … with all types of players. has a quality that with Bartomeu was not the house specialty “.
“Now there are elections at Barça and I hope the partner will still vote with Covid’s restrictions. The three candidates are capable,” he said without positioning himself and trusting that the result is the best for the Barça club. : “We have to look to the future. And I’m sure whoever comes out will do well.”
On a personal level, he did not advance if he maintained the idea of becoming president of Barça. “Now I’m just trying to learn. I’ve learned good and bad things from Bartomeu, Rosell, Laporta … I’m trying to learn from everyone, because everyone can give you a point of view. I don’t know what I’m going to do in a few years. Now that I’m playing football I’ll try to keep going as much as I can and when I see that I can’t raise my hand and go home Then a new life will come, but there’s an abyss It’s hard to get you adjust and you need to be prepared, ”he continued.
Referring to Cristiano Ronaldo, whom he met at Manchester United, Piqué agreed that he maintains a ‘good relationship’ with the Portuguese, qualifying him as’ a winner, always on the go and facing difficult circumstances. Cristiano’s tremendous value is that in one When Leo was the best, he managed to win five Ballons d’Or. It’s a great achievement, an outrage … When I met him I thought he was going to be a great player, although not at the level of Messi, who I saw as number one from our time in the Barça quarry ” .
For example, he revealed that in football the atmosphere in the dressing rooms prevailed for a long time and he reminded that it was very different at the Red Devils than at Barça. “In England there is a brutal black humor. In the locker room I had a great time. Evra came up with a pair of Nike shoes and started showing off. She goes to the gym to work out and we burned her shoes with gasoline and we have recorded a video and we sent it to her when i found out who it was i would give it back everyday and so on … that’s impossible here … when i got to barcelona i tried to do the same, but they didn’t get it all others I made some and that’s it Let somebody’s wheels deflate Go out shit on everything and threaten yourself In Barcelona they didn’t give you the chance to follow the series of jokes . “
Despite this, Piqué said that in the Barça club, the atmosphere, which is different from that of ManU, is also one of camaraderie: “There are characters who make you angry. Jordi Alba, then Aleix Vidal, who give life to the dressing room. 5 minutes. A unified wardrobe that feels good, is cool, very important. “
Going through the Neymar case on tiptoe, “it is a sensitive issue in Can Barça and it is better not to come in. There were other things and in life you make millions of mistakes and learn,” stressed the central defender that in his time with the Spanish team “I had a great time. There was always a special atmosphere, not only with the players but also with the staff. The national team was a family to me.
“And I spent a long time in Madrid and I have never found a bad face. Everyone greets you, a photo … Not a bad experience. In that sense, I can only speak well of all my experience with the national team. With the political issue, there were a few years when all this debate got going, but I am looking for the positive part and I was motivated to show that I could help the team as best I could ”.