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Gerard Pique and Iker Casillas have shared many experiences collectively over time and Their newest dialog was no completely different.
The previous footballers mirrored on their careers, exchanged light-hearted jabs, and supplied insights into the present state of soccer.
For Pique, the dialogue naturally led to his former membership, Barcelona. The previous centre-back took a second to replicate on his determination to retire from skilled soccer in late 2022.
Leaving Barcelona
He defined that all through his time at Barcelona, he had at all times been an undisputed starter, enjoying a key function within the workforce’s success.
Gerard Pique retired in 2022. (Photograph by Agustin Cuevas/Getty Photographs)
Nonetheless, he had made a promise to himself—if the day got here when he was not a necessary participant within the squad, he would stroll away from the sport reasonably than sit on the bench and prolong his profession with out objective.
“At Barça, I at all times performed as a starter, I at all times felt vital and I at all times thought that the second that didn’t occur, I would depart,” he started saying.
That second arrived in direction of the top of 2022, and as he observed his function diminishing, he realised it was time to step away.
He had a number of conversations with Carles Puyol, somebody he considers greater than only a former teammate—virtually like a brother.
“That occurred, it will be on the finish of 2022, and that’s when my head begins to spin.
“I spoke quite a bit with Puyol, who is nearly like a brother to me, and I used to be afraid of the day after. There may be at all times this worry of the day you grasp up your boots and your life adjustments, your complete routine.”
Turning into the Barcelona president
Because the dialogue progressed, Casillas steered the dialog towards a subject that has adopted Pique for years—the opportunity of in the future working for the presidency of Barcelona.
Gerard Pique was requested about Barcelona’s presidency (Photograph by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP through Getty Photographs)
He acknowledged that with so many individuals asking about it, he has begun to guage the concept extra deeply. “From so many occasions that folks ask you, in the long run, you find yourself valuing it,”
Whereas he has not made a agency determination, Pique admitted that he’s torn. On one facet, he understands that being Barcelona’s president is an enormous accountability.
“Being president of Barça has many extra sacrifices than constructive issues can provide you and that’s apparent,” he added.
Nonetheless, he additionally feels a deep connection to Barcelona, a membership he has been part of since childhood. He believes that those that really perceive the membership, its historical past, and its identification ought to step ahead when wanted.
“If in the future I see that the membership wants folks like me, who’ve sucked the membership since I used to be little, who really feel the colors, who realize it inside, who know what the social mass desires, my accountability is to be there as a result of Barça has given me completely every little thing.”
He’ll step up when wanted
Gerard Pique mentioned he would assist Barcelona if known as upon. (Photograph by Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Photographs)
Pique credited the membership for giving him every little thing in his life and acknowledged that it will be tough to disregard a name to serve if he felt it was essential.
Nonetheless, he stays undecided. On one hand, he views the presidency logically and wonders whether it is definitely worth the effort and sacrifices.
“I might inform you that I’ve this dilemma: on the one hand, I coldly see that maybe it isn’t price it; on the opposite, in the future perhaps, eventually, perhaps perhaps not. It relies on many circumstances.”
Casillas pressed him on what components would in the end decide his determination. Pique responded that it will rely on a number of components.
“How the membership is, many components in my private life… I’ve to worth it,” he added.
Supply: SPORT
