FC Barcelona: Pique should have come to Messis finish

The farewell to Lionel Messi in summer was a turning time for FC Barcelona. A newspaper report now reveals that there is apparently also teammate Gerard Pique, a longtime companion Messis, was not quite uninvolved.

As reported to EL PAIS, Barca captain Pique should have made the proposal to submit Messi to the President Joan Laporta. Its contract ran out. Without an extension, so piques proposal, Barca's financial problems are alleviated.

After all, Messi conceded the highest salary at the Bluegranana and deleted more than 100 million euros per year at times.

A few days after Messis change to Paris Saint-Germain, several Spanish media reported for the first time from a compensation between Pique and Messi. One reason was not mentioned at that time.

Messi itself was asked a few weeks ago in an interview, to which Barcelona stars he still has contact. He did not call Piques name, Messi and the defender were friendly connected for years.

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