Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has revealed how the players will challenge coach Ernesto Valverde’s authority in a new documentary.
Pique features in the first episode of a ten-part series to be released on Rakuten TV, the club’s sponsor and whose president the defender is business partners with.
One moment in particular stands out where the defender speaks about the 2017 pre-season in New York in which the players were intent on enjoying the nightlife of the Big Apple, much to the opposition of their coach.
“We told [Ernesto] Valverde that we were going out in New York. He didn’t understand. He told us: I see no reason for you to go out,” said Pique of last summer’s preseason tour of the United States.
“We had up to five meetings with him to make him understand that we needed to have a holiday.
“Whether he liked it or not, we were going out,” Pique says in the first episode.
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