Gerard Piqué and Lionel Messi have known each other since they were teenagers who dreamed of becoming professional soccer players. And in the world football elite they were teammates for more than a decade, being able to win everything -and several times- with the FC Barcelona shirt.
Despite this, Gerywho decided to hang up his boots at the end of 2022, did not congratulate Lio on the World Cup he recently won with the Argentine National Team.
in chat with John Nellis, the current president of the Kings League revealed that he did not follow the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Piqué had difficult months before and following his retirement, so he chose to move away from football. He only saw the final, and not the full one.
PIQUÉ REVEALED THAT HE DIDN’T CONGRATULATE MESSI ON HIS WORLD CUP
“Not really. And this is crazy, but it is the truth: I did not see any game. Only the final and not the whole game. I tried to disconnect, I went on vacation for a few days. My last months were hard as a professional and I needed to disconnect from football.
Although no one has confirmed it, in Catalan territory it has been circulating for some time that the relationship between Piqué and Messi is no longer as fluid as before. It was even said that Gerard ‘supported’ Lionel’s departure from FC Barcelona because, due to the ‘heavy’ nature of his contract, he knew that he would financially benefit the club he loves.
Be that as it may, Piqué continues to recognize Messi as the best footballer on the planet. Regardless of whether they no longer got along or if there was no congratulations, the sporting option of the former Catalan center-back does not change at all.
Undefeated Data. Gerard Piqué and Lionel Messi won 30 titles together at FC Barcelona. They were pillars of the best eta in the history of the Camp Nou entity.
Did you know…? Gerard Piqué and Lionel Messi are part of the same generation: 1987. They were together in the youth academy and, later, they met once more in the absolute team of FC Barcelona.
