Gerard Piqué: "The end of last year was a drama and we need some time to digest it. On vacation I did a reset. It's about starting over." [la vanguardia]

Piqué: "Koeman? There are very good sensations. The coach uses a very direct message that the dressing room has liked, and the dose of work has increased. We have started the season well, Getafe's defeat was an unexpected blow. Let's see what happens in El Clásico."

Piqué: "Valverde's dismissal? We will never know what would have happened, but to me, after winning two leagues and being leaders, firing the coach in the middle of the season, as a project, does not seem coherent to me."

Piqué: "Relationship with Bartomeu? I don't want to get on bad terms with anyone but there have been times..."

Piqué: "It surprises me that people like Guardiola, Xavi, Puyol or Valdés are not at the club. You have to keep them always, they are part of Barça's history."

Piqué: "Messi? I asked him to hold on. The Camp Nou has to bear his name."

Piqué: "How can it be that the best player in history decides to send a burofax because he feels that they are not listening to him? It's too shocking..."

Piqué: "I didn't have much contact with Messi those days. It was a very personal issue. I remember sending him a message saying: 'It's a year and then new people come'."

Piqué: "It's outrageous that the club has spent money criticising us."

Piqué: "Jaume Masferrer, the recruiting manager of the company who criticised the players and the families still works at the club."

Piqué: "The club is alive more than ever. Getting 20,000 signatures seems incredible to me. That there are so many people rebelling when we can't protest due to the pandemic shows that the club is not sleeping."

End of thread. Link to interview: https://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/20201023/484230020273/entrevista-gerard-pique-fc-barcelona-barca-es-una-barbaridad-que-el-club-se-haya-gastado-dinero-en-criticarnos.html