Xavi gets fed up and demands exclusive dedication from Piqué at Barcelona

Gerard Piqué

, one of the captains of Barcelona and aspiring to become president of the entity in the future, has become a big problem.

Both for a directive that he still does not know how to deal with his salary (about 15 million euros) and the amounts that are still owed to him (just under 50 million), and for a coach who does not accept his role as moonlighter.

The coach

, during the course of a meeting held a few days ago with Piqué, demanded that the footballer make his dedication as a Barcelona player exclusive.

Not only that.

He warned the defender that, at 35 years old, his status as the undisputed piece in the team will change from next season.

Piqué, whom former president

renewed in October 2020 until June 30, 2024 in order to spread out the payments, took on the reprimand of Xavi Hernández.

But the footballer also made it clear to his former teammate and now foreman that he has no intention of leaving the club this summer.

Piqué believes that he is in a position to still reach a notable competitive level and even says he is willing to accept the salary reduction that the Barcelona leaders will present him with.

And there one of the keys to the mess.

As they admit from the dome of the Barça club, Piqué has around 50 million euros left to collect between deferred amounts and contractual bonuses.

All this apart from his annual gross salary.

salary negotiation

Barcelona, ​​​​in negotiations that have yet to be opened, intends to reach an agreement by which Piqué forgives part of that money that is owed to him.

In return, the Barça club, as long as it manages to sell some of the assets with which it intends to leave its economic hardship behind (the sale of 25% of its television rights and 49% of its

division ), would try to liquidate the remaining amount as soon as possible.

The journalist Marçal Lorente advanced this Monday morning that Xavi had informed Piqué that he did not have him.

This newspaper was able to corroborate, both by sources close to the footballer and by sources from the Barça club, that the message transmitted was that of an ultimatum in the face of the player's extra-sports activities in recent times.

Both in the offices of the Camp Nou and in the booth itself, the footballer's hyperactivity has been followed with extreme concern, not only because his nightlife has suddenly become relevant in the pink press after making his separation from

, his partner, official.

during the last 12 years.

He but also for all his commitments to the Kosmos company, of which he is president.

This Monday, in fact, he was supervising the Fonteta pavilion before the Davis Cup group stage dispute in Valencia next September.

A month ago, in addition, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office opened proceedings to investigate the contract signed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) of

to bring the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia through the intervention of Piqué and Kosmos.

The Barcelona defender is also president of the Andorra Football Club, a team that has just achieved promotion to the Second Division.

The coaching staff is also concerned about the tendinopathy that conditioned the final stretch of his last season as a Barça player.

Xavi Hernández considers that he has the central positions covered with

, called to be the defensive leader for the next few years,

and

, who will arrive on a free transfer this summer from Chelsea although his signing has not yet been made official.

The Barça coach, in any case, would like to incorporate one more defender, with the prospect that

and

could leave the entity.

Meanwhile, Piqué will try to win the position.

Knowing now that the bull ended.

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