Will Gerard Pique be taking deferred wages from Barcelona after announcing his retirement from football? The Spaniard answers
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Gerard Pique in action during a LaLiga match.
Barcelona defender and legend Gerard Pique announced his retirement from all forms of football an hour ago. The whole footballing world has been left in shock and mixed emotions. The 35-year-old will play the last game of his career on Saturday in a league encounter against Almeria.
He has been with the club for 14 years since signing for them in 2008. Saturday’s match will be played at Camp Nou. It will be a match of many emotions for the defender. It is Barcelona’s last match before the World Cup break, and the stadium is expected to be fully packed. The supporters will be eager to see their star-man play in their colours for one last time.
Pique has been a true Catalonian; he always readjusted his salaries and often agreed to reductions and deferrals on his wages. He did this to help the club deal with its financial situation. But now, with all the deferred payments due, his salary might need to be cleared, which would be a massive sum of money and could shake up the club’s financial budget.
Gerard Pique’s retirement message:
Pique said, “For weeks there has been talk about me. “I have not said anything but I want to speak now. Like many of you, coming from a football family, I have always been a Barcelona fan. I did not want to be a footballer, I wanted to play for Barca. Recently, I have thought a lot about when I was younger, about what that Gerard would have thought if I told him he would fulfill all his dreams, that he would play for Barca and be a European and world champion.”
He added, “That he would play with the best players, that he would captain the club. Football has given me everything, Barca have given me everything, you the fans have given me everything. And now my childhood dreams have been fulfilled, the moment has arrived to close this chapter. I have always said that after Barcelona there will be no other team and that is how it will be. Saturday will be my last game at Camp Nou. See you at Camp Nou. Visca Barca, always and forever.”
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