Gerard Pique's new role this season
The Spanish centre-back is no longer a nailed first choice for the Catalan giants
It’s not a great time for Gerard Pique. He knows he won’t be a starter this season. Kounde, Christensen, Eric Garcia and Ronald Araujo are all fighting for places. Nobody is letting their guard down.
One of the priorities this season is to regain defensive reliability that has disappeared. Barcelona concede too easily and leave Ter Stegen too exposed. Xavi wants to change that. The reinforcements can help, and Marcos Alonso is coming too.
That’s why Pique will find it hard to get a game, unlike the last 14 years at Camp Nou. However his reaction was instinctive. When told by Laporta and Xavi, he told them he would end up being the starter. There are doubts after the good pre-season from Christensen and Eric Garcia, the Dane especially was impeccable.
There are some who doubt that Pique will end up being part of the squad. He has divorced from Shakira and his children will spend a significant part of the year in Miami.
Pique will turn 36 in February, in the midst of one of the biggest sporting challenges of his career.
In the Joan Gamper, especially during the presentation, he looked absent. Disconnected.
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