Gerard Piquécentral defender of Barça, granted an extensive interview a few days ago to the former footballer Gary Neville and this Thursday new fragments have come out, among which his opinion on the Superliga and about the leaked audios of his conversations with Luis Rubialespresident of the RFEF, to negotiate the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Regarding the subject of SuperligaPiqué positioned himself against the project “because only the big ones benefit” and pointed out that it is not a positive initiative for the fans, at the same time that he highlighted the good response of the English fans after knowing that they wanted to do the Superliga.
“It has become a very political thing here in Spain. The press is controlled by different people who support the Super League. It doesn’t look the same as in the UK, where I saw how people were against it. In my opinion, you destroy football because only the big ones benefit. I don’t think that Madrid and Barcelona have played the right way in this. With this opinion I go against my club, but I fully understand the position of Barcelona, Madrid and Juventus. I don’t think the fan is the best way to do things,” he said. Piquewho also wanted to reaffirm that his management for the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia It was to enhance the competition.
“The controversy has been a nightmare because here in Spain it is how it is, it is a cultural issue when you talk about so much money. Nobody paid attention to the Super Cup, it was similar to the Community Shield, but the Community Shield was full of people. It is proven which has been a success. I understand the people who don’t want it to be played in Saudi Arabia, but I don’t decide, it’s the Federation. I’ve always said that football and sport open up countries. In 1966, with Franco, they gave us the World Cup in 1982 and Franco was a dictator. We have to give these people the opportunity”, sentenced the center-back of the Barçawho also pointed out that “it would have been great if Messi had stayed to finish his career at Barcelona” and recalled that the rivalry between Guardiola y Mourinho reached too strong points.
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