Shakira’s ex Gerard Piqué announces retirement from football after split

Nearly two months after Shakira admitted she felt she had sacrificed her career to put former Gerard Piqué’s interests first, Piqué ditched his football boots altogether and called it a career. announced.

The 35-year-old football star announced the decision Thursday night in a moving video montage addressed to enthusiastic FC Barcelona by his Catalan nickname, the Culers. In the video, Pique sits watching footage of his old home from his childhood. He first rooted for Barça and then played in the team’s youth academy.

Piqué seems to be dealing with all the talk surrounding his split from the “Hip Don’t Lie” singer, as well as his recent comments to her. Elle magazine, “A lot of people have been talking about me in the last few weeks and months. Until now, I haven’t said anything. But now I want to be the one who speaks for myself.”

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The football star then talks about his lifelong dream of becoming a Barça footballer and all the dreams he has achieved during his incredible career on the pitch.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about him lately. What would little Gerard think if he were told that all his dreams would come true,” he said in Catalan. “For him to be in Barça’s first team. For him to win all possible trophies. For him to become European champion. And for him to become world champion. For him to play with the best players of all time. To be one of the captains of the team, that he will make friends for life.”

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He continues: I have always said that after Barça there will be no other team. And so it will be. ”

“I will be a regular fan. I will support the team. I will pass on my love for Barça to my children as my family did to me,” he said.

According to ESPN, Piquet’s retirement announcement shocked his teammates and team staff. The football star said he had been thinking about retiring for some time, but Thursday’s news was shocking and unexpected.

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Either way, the news comes almost two months after Shakira spoke. Elle The magazine said her separation from the football star for 12 years together was “probably the darkest time of my life.”

When finally asked why she left Piqué, Shakira apparently cited the career sacrifices she made for her family. , the family was based in Barcelona.

“I came to Spain to put my career in second gear and support him so he could play football and win titles,” she said. Thanks to that, my children were able to have the mothers they have today.

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