Messi calls Piqué Judas, Gerard not only betrayed Shakira

A Spanish journalist has claimed that the alleged friendship between Piqué and Messi broke down after the defender advised the Blaugrana president not to renew the Argentine star’s contract. Almost two years after Lionel Messi left FC Barcelona to join Paris Saint Germain, details of his departure from the team continue to be revealed and everything points to the fact that Piqué could have had a lot to do with it.

The journalist revealed in the program ‘Sálvame’ that Messi would have felt betrayed by Piqué and even left him a message with the word “Judas” on the blackboard in the locker room.

According to Spanish journalist Juan Irigoyen of the newspaper El País, Gerard Piqué played a key role in Leonel Messi’s departure from FC Barcelona.

According to this Piqué, having advised the Blaugrana president, Joan Laporta, to let the striker go in order to accommodate the club’s finances. “Without Leo, the issue of financial fair play is fixed.” Those were the words that would have pronounced the ex of Shakira to the leader of the Catalan entity.

“On one occasion, when he thought he was going to continue, but he had to leave, influenced by the issue of Gerard Piqué. Messi goes down to the locker room to pick up his things from the locker room, and Messi writes on the blackboard Judas,” the journalist revealed to the program ‘Sálvame’.

He assured that Gerard Piqué arrived and saw it, asked his friend and teammate Jordi Alba to whom it was addressed: “To you,” replied the defender.