Former Barcelona captain waived off €20 million payment owed to him by the club

Barcelona legend Gerard Pique brought an end to a glorious career in football in November last year when he decided to retire from the game completely in between the 2022/23 season.

The former defender, a graduate of the club’s La Masia academy, had been a permanent fixture at the heart of the defence after returning from a stint at Manchester United.

However, over the past couple of seasons, his importance had been waning, with manager Xavi Hernandez counting on lesser and lesser.

As such, Pique decided to call time on his career even though he still had time left on his contract with the Blaugrana.

Pique waived €20 million owed by Barcelona

Close to a year after his retirement, Sique Rodriguez, via La Porteria, is claiming that Pique waived off a total of €20 million payment owed to him by Barcelona.

The former Spanish international had signed a long-term contract until 2024 with Barça back in 2020, as part of which he had agreed to a wage deferral to help the club through financial difficulties.

Pique, along with other club captains, further agreed to reduce their wages back in 2021 to help Barça register their new signings as well.

Given that his contract still ran until 2024 at the time of his retirement, the 2010 FIFA World Cup winner was still owed a big chunk of money by the club.

But Sique Rodriguez is claiming that Pique waived off the €20 million that were due to him, while also mentioning that he is the only one to have done so.

Following Pique’s retirement last year, Barcelona also bid goodbye to two more legends earlier this year as Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba also departed, joining Inter Miami in the summer.