Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez joined the list of enemies, Gerard Pique, the team’s defender and second captain, following the latter complained regarding the lack of minutes he played.
Pique did not start in any Barcelona match this season, and became the fifth choice in the defense line following Ronald Araujo, Eric Garcia, Jules Conde and Andreas Christensen.
And the Catalan newspaper “Sport” revealed on Monday that Gerard Pique, 35, complained regarding the lack of minutes he played following the team’s defeat once morest Bayern Munich, and was heard by Xavi, who was angry and stopped him before telling him, “Now you will play less than you used to.”
The newspaper continued: The relationship between the coach and his veteran defender has become very tense, as well as the club that wants to get rid of Pique’s huge salary and the amounts he owes to the former international defender (52 million euros) represent late salaries.
Jordi Alba, the third captain of the team, received the same treatment from Xavi, as he put him on the bench this season, giving young Alejandro Baldi the opportunity to start as a key, and in the Bayern Munich match he pushed the newcomer Marcos Alonso.
Pique and Xavi played together in Barcelona from 2008 until 2015, when the latter left to complete the remainder of his sports career at Al Sadd.
Xavi is moving steadily towards implementing his plan with the club to gradually get rid of the old guard in the “Camp Nou”, and it seems that Gerard Pique, who has been in trouble for months, is the first player affected by this.
Pique began this summer with his separation from his partner, the Colombian singer Shakira, following he was accused of cheating on her, and then signs of a legal dispute over the custody of their two children appeared, before the media specialized in following celebrity news focused on his private life with his new girlfriend, which called him to issue an official statement asking him to stop regarding invading his privacy.
