In a latest interplay, Barcelona legend Gerard Pique has named his favorite participant within the present Barcelona squad and it isn’t Lamine Yamal however fellow teenage prodigy Pau Cubarsi.
Pique, one of many biggest modern-day defenders, stepped away from the sport in November 2022, proper in the midst of the Blaugrana’s La Liga title-winning season.
Whereas being totally targeted on his different initiatives, together with the Kings’ League, Pique continues to root for and assist Barcelona from a distance and is at all times up-to-date on the happenings at his boyhood membership.
As such, the Blaugrana legend was requested to call his favorite participant from the present squad at Hansi Flick’s disposal.
Lamine Yamal would seemingly have been the guess of many individuals given his La Masia roots, the significance he holds on this Barcelona setup, and the truth that the membership legend has spoken very extremely of him up to now.
Nonetheless, Pique selected a fellow defender as a substitute, as he stated (h/t FCB World): “Everybody will say Lamine, however for me, it’s Pau Cubarsi.”
Pique’s choice to decide on Cubarsi won’t come as a giant shock on condition that the teenager performs ready that the membership legend had made his personal for years and there are additionally some similarities stylistically between the 2.
Pique additionally answered another questions in the course of the chat, comparable to naming the opposition membership he most revered, to which he replied:
“In Spain Actual Madrid, in Europe Bayern Munich.”
On being requested to call one participant he would have preferred to see at Barça, the long-lasting former defender selected Andrea Pirlo.
Lastly, when requested what FC Barcelona means to him, Pique merely replied: “The whole lot,” exhibiting his love and affection for the membership of his coronary heart.
