Gerard Piqué puts his hands in the fire for Xavi Hernández

The former Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué He came out this Wednesday in defense of the current coach of the Barça bench, his former teammate Xavi Hernández, who he said is “the right one” to take the project forward.

“Xavi has been in the house for many years, he knows it like no one else, He has mastered the game model, and right now there is no one better than him to try to turn it around“He assured during an interview with the program ‘El món a RAC1’.

Piqué, who revealed that since he retired a year ago he has only spoken to Xavi once – when he called him to invite him to the celebration of the League title – He asked for “patience” with him, and gave as an example what he is doing as president of Andorra: keeping Eder Sarabia, despite a string of five defeats.

Now immersed in the successful Kings League project, Piqué still does not rule out being president of Barça one day”Although I don’t have it in my head right now,” he added.

And that idea has been losing strength for him as the months have passed. “Being president of Barça is dedication, sacrifice. It is a big responsibility“, reflected the former Catalan player, who would have completely ruled out that possibility, “if it weren’t for the fact that, sometimes, I feel that I owe the club a lot and, If you need me, I would like to help you in some way.“.

Gerard Piqué was more forceful when asked about the Negreira case: “It’s scary that people say that we won because of the referees. We won most of the games by a landslide. “The narrative is being distorted to stain something that was very beautiful.”

And he referred to the ‘sociological Madridism’ that the president of the Barça club, Joan Laporta, recently alluded to. “We are in a country where there are many more people from Madrid than from Barça, the capital, which is where things happen, is Madrid, and The club par excellence is Real Madrid”, argument.

However, Piqué believes that, “to be truly great,” Barcelona should not “enter those wars” or try to compare itself with its eternal rival who, in his opinion, It has a very different philosophy from that of the Barça entity.

“It is evident that Madrid is the team that has won the most in Europe but, due to our way of doing and thinking, When we win, we make it remembered forever; When they win, it’s one more. The last Champions League they won, which they were not superior in any of the qualifying rounds, will never be remembered. We may win less, but when we win, it will be shocking“, he stated.

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