“He suffers a lot”: Laporta told how Piqué lives the separation with Shakira

“Pique is in pain. We have players with fame, money and whatever we like in our imaginations, but they are people, “he said. Giovanna Laportapresident of Barcelona, speaking for the magazine Hello referring to the recent separation from Shakira.

The couple announced this news through a statement released last June 4, in which they confirmed what has already happened and asked for privacy to take care of their two children, amid rumors of alleged infidelity by the player. His frenetic nightlife, with strategies to hide the deceptions later discovered by the singer, led to the breakup.

First they indicated Gem Gaviramother of the midfielder of the culé Gavi, as third in contention, but then the Spanish press focused on a 22-year-old girl, identified with the initials “CM”, who works at “La Traviesa”, a bar that the defender used to frequent.

From there, the 2010 world champion in South Africa was overwhelmed by a wave of criticism, mainly through social media, and those who came out to defend him, claiming not to live this moment with the lightness that is believed, was Giovanna Laporta.

“Don’t listen to the news that tries to portray him as a frivolous man, without feelings, who feels nothing. I am lucky to know him and have looked after him. He is an extraordinary person who is suffering ”, commented the boss of the Catalan club.

Everyone defends their interests e the doorpresident during the historic culé sextet in 2009 with Piqué as a defender, expressed his full support. “He is one of our captains and he has given us so much. We must help him”completed the manager.

Personal problems often affect sports performance and this could be an example. His football level has dropped significantly in recent times, aided by a right adductor injury that caused him mistreatment, which led Xavi Hernández to tell him he won’t take it into account. Likewise, the 35-year-old central he accepted a salary cut of nearly 50% and vowed to stop his life of excess based on staying up to date in the club he is an idol of.

In London to escape the noise

Meanwhile, on vacation until training resumed on 4 July, Piqué traveled to London and attended a training session with Rafael Nadal, who debuted this Tuesday at Wimbledon against Argentina’s Francisco Cerúndolo, and had the opportunity to chat with the 22-year-old Grand Slam champion.

There he could be seen with his two sons, Sasha and Milan, aged 7 and 9 respectively, wearing clothes from one of the English capital’s local clubs: Chelsea FC. This was reflected by EFE journalist Manuel Sánchez Gómez on his Twitter account.

It is not striking to see him near a tennis court, since he was a spectator at the Masters 1000 in Madrid on several occasions, he was also present in the semifinals of the US Open 2018 that Del Potro beat Nadal and was the main promoter of the new format of Davis Cup.