<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:20px;">World football star Gerard Pique announced his retirement, saying that Saturday's match, which he will play with his team Barcelona, at the Camp Nou, will be the last match of his career.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">Pique said in the video: "To the Barcelona fans, this is me Gerrard. In the past weeks and months a lot of people have talked about me, and so far I haven't said anything, but now I want to be the one speaking for myself."</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/2cd07c3d3333b1421cc720a756e7671f.gif" style="width: 536px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">And he added: “Like many of you, I have always been a Barcelona fan. I was born into a family that loves football and encourages Barcelona. From a young age, I did not want to become a footballer, but a player for Barcelona. I thought a lot about this child, while little Gerrard would have thought of him if He was told that all his dreams would come true, that he would reach the Barcelona first team, win all possible trophies, and become European and world champion.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/20ddc172aa49b7030a16c9c0263883ba.webp" style="width: 457px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">And he continued: “He will play with the best players in history, become one of the team leaders, and make friends for life. It has been 25 years since I joined Barcelona. I left and then came back. Football gave me everything, and Barcelona gave me everything, and you, Barcelona fans.” You gave me everything."</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">And he concluded: “Saturday’s match is my last at Camp Nou. I will become an ordinary fan and support the team, and pass on my love for Barcelona to my children as my family did with me, and you know me. Sooner or later I will return. I will see you at Camp Nou. Long live Barcelona always.”</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">Thus, Pique will retire after the Barcelona match away from home, before the Spanish Football League stopped for several weeks due to the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, which begins in a few days.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/e36fb333eb88de038dd42b197d53108a.jpg" style="width: 327px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">Several speculations were raised about the Barcelona defender, about whether his decision stemmed from the embarrassment he would face if he was actually forced to wear a shirt bearing the name Shakira in one of the matches during the coming period, which is part of the sponsorship contract between FC Barcelona and Spotify, as Barcelona cooperates with Spotify to design T-shirts for the band with the names or slogans of the singers, but all this is speculation, and the defender did not explain the reason for his retirement yet, but Shakira's mother said that he is still a member of the family.</span> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/af89722e36c13a77c16ca56025045926.webp" style="width: 467px; height: 350px;" /></p>