Since the start of the season, Gerard Pique has received a very clear message from Xavi. The experienced central defender is not one of the Barça boss’ priorities for the coming season, and his playing time is drastically affected. This does not prevent Pique from continuing to consider a future at Barça, in another way…
Because Gerard Pique, in addition to being a football player, is now a well-informed businessman, founder of the Kosmos company which notably holds the Davis Cup, but also club president on the side of Andorra. And it is through this cap that Pique quite simply tried to invest in Barça this summer!
Pique angry at not being able to invest in Barca
The program El club de la mitjanit, on Catalunya Radio, has indeed revealed in recent hours that Piqué had tried to buy back the shares (24.9%) of Barça Studios put up for sale by the club, and finally bought by Orpheus Media of a certain Jaume Roures for 100 million euros. Except that Pique would have come up against the categorical refusal of Joan Laporta, the president of Barça who considered that the financial investment of a player in his own club would be an attack on ethics. A decision that Pique would not have appreciated at all…
? DETALLS OF THE REUNIÓ PIQUE-LAPORTA
?️ @JoanFontes? “In one of the meetings, Pique will ask if podia compares el 24.9% que s’ha acabat quedant l’empresa de Roures”
? “Laporta va dir que pel codi ètic millor deixar-ho estar i Pique no va acabar de quedar-ne satisfet” pic.twitter.com/eNdm7K7meh
— El club de la mitjanit (@ClubMitjanit) September 4, 2022
to summarize
Gerard Pique, who is as much a football player as a businessman now, wanted to invest financially in Barca. Except that Laporta vetoed it, fearing an ethical breach for a player investing in the club.
