Gerard Piqué spoke about his plans for the future in an interview for the Italian newspaper 'Corriere dello Sport'. For the former FC Barcelona defender, today president of the Kings League, sports management seduces him much more than the work of directing a football team. In that sense, he left the door open for his return to Barcelona, perhaps as a manager.
"Later, perhaps, I will return to football doing something different. I am not interested in being a coach, 20 years of routine have saturated me. I needed to change. Many years between United and Barça, playing every three days, make you end up saturated.
However, he valued his time as a professional footballer. "I have beautiful memories, I was lucky and I won a lot and I fulfilled my dream as a child, playing at the Camp Nou," commented 'Geri'. Since his retirement in 2022, the now Catalan businessman and leader has focused on the development of the Kings League, a competition that will arrive in Italy in January 2025.
For Piqué, Barça must continue to be one of his partners
Despite the success of the competition that has revolutionized football to attract young audiences, Piqué highlighted the importance of preserving the tradition of clubs like Barça, where members continue to have control of a gigantic institution.
"Barcelona is different from all the clubs in the world. Not only because its ownership is divided among 140,000 members. Milan, Inter, Juventus, United, Chelsea, PSG or Bayern only belong virtually to their fans," explained the former defender. culé.
In this regard, he added: "The objective is to maintain this unique condition, although these years we are not having a good time economically." Gerard had a contract with the club until the end of 2023/24, but decided to retire at the end of 2022, forgiving the club several million euros in salaries that he had deferred since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.