🗣️ Gerard Piqué: “I was born here, I grew up here, I've lived almost all my life here in Barcelona.”
🗣️ Gerard Piqué: "kissing the badge? It was what I had to do. I want to point out that all the captains will do the same, I did it faster but they'll do it as well."
🗣️ Gerard Piqué: “Reducing my salary was my duty and I wanted to give something to the club that I love. the other captains will do it now.”
🗣️ Gerard Piqué: “The three captains, Busquets, Alba and Roberto are doing their best to close an agreement with the club. The club has asked for an effort and they will do it. I'm proud of all of them.”
🗣️ Gerard Piqué: “I'm sure we will be very competitive and fight for all the titles. We will definitely have fun together.”
🗣️ Gerard Piqué: We are starting a new stage without Messi, we played a good match and everyone wanted to give his maximum. We won't have the talent we had before, but today we showed that we're going for everything.”
🗣️ Gerard Piqué: “Messi is the most important player in the history of the club, but we have to continue. There is a lot of quality, we'll be very competitive, I'm sure that we'll fight for all the titles.”

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