On July 23, 2017, Gerard Piqué published a photo alongside Neymar, accompanied by the famous «stays» (” he’s staying “ in French), a message which reassured all FC Barcelona fans in the midst of a media storm. A few days later, PSG lifted the release clause of 222 million euros and the Brazilian left the Catalan club, confirming that his departure was already recorded at the very time of this publication which went viral.
Years later, Denis Suárez lifted the veil behind the scenes of this episode in Post United. “In the ‘se queda’ photo, we already knew that Neymar was gone. We started to tell Pique that he didn’t have the courage to post it… and he published it.”said the current Alavés midfielder, who passed through Barça between 2016 and 2019. This departure will have marked a sporting and economic turning point for Barça, which was unable to properly invest the amount obtained.
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