Gerard Pique attacked former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu. According to Pique, Bartomeu was cowardly and was not as brave as Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
Bartomeu has stepped down from his position as president of Los Cules towards the end of last year. Bartomeu’s resignation could not be separated from the intense pressure that led to him after Barcelona’s poor performance last season.
Barcelona failed to win a trophy and had a mountain of debt that made it difficult for the club to buy players. In addition, Bartomeu also clashed with Lionel Messi when the team captain wanted to leave last summer.
Many of Bartomeu’s decisions were considered to be detrimental to Barcelona from a financial perspective, especially regarding player transfers. Therefore, Bartomeu’s departure does not necessarily solve the club’s current problems.
Therefore, Pique was annoyed with Bartomeu’s performance while leading Barcelona. Even Bartomeu was considered a coward because he never dared to meet the players in person.
Pique then brought in Florentino Perez as president of Real Madrid who he considered more manly and wanted to solve his problems directly with the players.
“When you try to run away from a problem and instead divert it to someone else, then hide, everything will get complicated. The problem doesn’t solve itself. The club needs a leader, the president has to emerge. At first there was a misunderstanding and led to problem after problem, that’s how it ended up being. , “said Pique as quoted by ESPN.
“I’ve often told him ‘Presi, come to the locker room or training center. We have to talk’, but he never came,” he continued.
“Even Florentino Perez is of higher quality, unlike Bartomeu,” concluded Gerard Pique.
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