Piqué: "When I started dating Shakira my relationship with Guardiola changed"

Piqué has reviewed this Monday night the news of the moment and the past in the humor program La Sotana. The center back has not hidden that at the beginning of his career he went out a lot, he has hinted that Bartomeu is possibly the worst president he has ever had and has made a defense of Umtiti. In addition, he has looked back to explain that his relationship with Guardiola was strained when he started dating Shakira. The player himself brought up the subject of surfing and assured that he had gone because he is well from the injury.

Spanish

"I've always said that I like to play against them. I hope they fill their stadium."

What do you expect from the season?

"We will win something."

Surf

"I'm fine with the injury. They photographed us and that's it. I went surfing because I'm fine. We told the photographer not to take them but it was his moment of glory"

Go out?

"If people knew 5 percent of my first year at Barça, they would tell me everything"

Eder Sarabia

"He is a person with many concepts. Setién is one thing and Sarabia is another. For starters, the generational. Sarabia was the right person."

koeman

"You are never obliged to sign a coach. Laporta needs time to reflect and he ended up choosing Koeman. Now he is the ideal coach"

pay cut

"I have given up part of my salary. My contract was ending this year, but if I played X number of games, it was renewed under the same conditions as this year. Now the fixed and variable contracts have changed."

Umtiti

"He is fulfilling the contract with all the obligations. People have to be empathetic. The attitude is impeccable. He has never missed a training session. Another thing is who signed the contract, which was a president who was voted for by the partners. What do we say? Most people have worked in the same company for 30 years and do nothing. If I were at another club, for example United, I would be doing the same as Umtiti. Each situation is different. I only ask that people be empathic."

Messi

"Laporta calls us to inform us. Although we lowered our salary, the captains only came to register the signings. The club was waiting to see what would happen with Leo before announcing it because the agreement was there".

Guardiola

"We reached an important point of tension with him, and with the dressing room in general. The rivalry with José Mourinho wore us down a lot. Pep wanted absolute control of everything that happened. I started dating Shakira and the relationship with him changed; now the relationship is perfect. I had a lot of pressure. I felt that in training I had to do everything perfectly. If there was ever a time when I thought about leaving Barça, it was that season".

worst season

"I suffered the last of Guardiola"

Withdrawal

"If the year of my debut, which came out more than the sun, they told me that at 34 I would play for Barça, I didn't give a penny. I have managed when my body needed one thing or another. Family stability is also key. I go season after season. When the season starts I face it like the last, if there is another one later, perfect. The day I see that I can't give the team what I have given, I'm leaving."

Bartomeu

"I'm not qualified to say if it's the worst. That I've lived, it must be there. We're all to blame but it's true that the club hasn't gone where all the culés want. Now I'm hopeful and excited. The next 5 or 10 years will be very good for Barça".

Club/team status

"We reached a very high level of football and a club cannot maintain such an excellent level. Before Guardiola's treble we played in the UEFA Cup"

No media presence

"They don't bother me, it's that, in the end, you think why do you do an interview. When you're young to make yourself known, to give a message and I no longer need it. The traditional footballer when he goes to an interview will go with suspicion thinking to see the headline they are looking for.

Entertainment and journalism

"You have to differentiate it"

mixed zone

"They are always the same questions and the same answers. A former colleague told me one day that if he gets out of that script..."

Catalan or Spanish

"Catalan is very good. Now at the club, if a message is given, it is given in Catalan. In the dressing room there are several who speak Catalan."