Spanish journalist Pipi Estrada says that Lionel Messi called Gerard Pique a ‘Judas’ for plotting to force him to leave Barça.
How was everything?
The day when the Argentine forward Lionel Messi announced a tearful farewell to Barca was a heartbreaking moment not only for them, but for the whole world. The move was the result of a desperate move by the club to clean up their finances and comply with FIFA’s Financial Fair Play. At the time, the Argentine had just won the Copa América with Argentina in 2021 and told the club his wish was to stay at Barca, with Laporta back. However, he had to leave.
Lionel Messi had a tough first year at his new club Paris Saint-Germain, but he is already the figure skater expected in Paris, taking the title and finally becoming world champion at the international level in Qatar. However, this Friday it was revealed what happened at the heart of the Catalan club as soon as the board decided not to keep their top figure and one of the accused of influencing the board’s final decision was another team leader, none other than Spanish defender Gerard Pique.
A Spanish journalist says Gerard Pique’s betrayal has sparked an unbridled rift between the two players, despite the fact that they both played together in the Catalan youth ranks. Reason: Lionel Messi learned that Gerard Pique conspired with the club’s top brass to let the Argentine go.
A little about the topic
It was the argument of the former Catalan defender that irritated Argentine captain Lionel Messi, who responded by leaving him a message complaining as he said goodbye to the Catalan team. “One day when Lionel Messi has to leave Barça due to financial problems, the story is influenced by Gerard Piqué. Lionel goes down to the dressing room to get his stuff from the locker and there’s a blackboard. And before leaving, Messi writes a word” Judas “in capital letters,” said Spanish journalist Pipi Estrada.
Estrada said that when Gerard Pique came down to the dressing room, he read the message: “Pique asked Jordi Alba, who wrote that: Lionel Messi. And who is it for? For you,” another of the team’s top players replied. Even as part of this controversy, it was reported that bad relations developed over time between Gerard Pique and Lionel Messi’s then-partners: Antonela Roccuzzo and Shakira respectively. But the Argentine player’s wife recently voiced her support for the Colombian singer, and the likes of Roccuzzo left on Shakira’s various social media posts are proof of that.