Piqué buries his time as a footballer and Shakira: “There have been changes in my life and I am very happy”

“I want to be true to myself,” he says Gerard Pique, which replicates the behavior of Shakira without naming her and, in an interview given this Sunday to The country, He repeats that “everyone has their responsibility to try to do the best for their children,” says the former soccer player, intoning a clear reproach towards the attitude that his ex has taken after the breakup.

“It is about protecting them. That is the job of all parents with children. That is what I am focused on and that is my job as a father,” he reiterates. “I am very happy. There have been changes in my life and I have known how to preserve happiness,” she says. “I spend my energy on being with my loved ones and giving them what I have,” explains the former player.

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About your personal situation, and we are not necessarily referring to your relationship with Clara Chia, Piqué describes his moment like this: “I keep doing what I want,” he sums up. “The day he dies, I will look back and I hope I have always done what I wanted,” says the businessman, who admits wanting to be president of the FC Barcelona in the future, although he does not clarify if he wants to reach the position that his friend occupies today John Laporta because he has a majority on the board of directors or because he is chosen by the partners, since he does not seem to care too much about his reputation. “I’m not going to spend money to clean up my image. The people I care about and the ones I love are the ones who know me. The rest, I don’t care,” she confesses.

The reasons for leaving football before turning 36

“It was difficult for me to go to the fields. If they put the game on for me at four o’clock after lunch and with the sun, it was difficult for me. You have to be honest. I wasn’t excited, I needed new challenges and I saw that the team didn’t have the importance of before. I didn’t have a good time. I made the right decision”, reflects the former Barcelona player. [Los futbolistas de élite] “We are lucky to earn a lot of money in a short time, but managing that money and the standard of living you lead is difficult. It’s hard to adapt. I prepared the transition; the Kings League”, he says, referring to the competition created by his company, Kosmos, in which celebrities participate streamers and that combines football 7 with a show: “I had it in mind”, he concludes.