Barcelona club management and the Catalan fans were subjected to a strong slap by the Spanish player Gerard Pique, the veteran defender of the team.
This talk comes at a time when Catalan press reports announced a resounding surprise about the refusal of Dutchman Matthias de Ligt, the current defender of Juventus and former Ajax Amsterdam, to move to Barcelona in 2019, before he chose to join the ranks of the old lady.
According to what was published by the newspaper “Sport”, De Ligt was crazy about moving to the Blaugrana, but his conversation with Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, when they met in a hotel on the Caribbean Sea during negotiations, is what made him change his mind.
And the Catalan newspaper pointed out that Pique frustrated De Ligt, when he informed him that he would not play much with the Catalan team.
The Spaniard at the time was a key player in Barca’s defense, along with Frenchman Clement Lenglet.
And “Sport” indicated, that the young Dutch player felt threatened by Pique’s words, especially since they play in the same position, and decided to move to Juventus.
The newspaper reported that Pique denied this fact, but de Ligt and his agent Mino Raiola did not lie to her.