Eras End, Gary Lineker On Gerard Pique Retirement

Football despite all its glamour, is a very much short-lived career that if lucky enough could span 15 solid years at the top of the chain, and for Gerard Pique, it very well was that as the Barcelona star enjoyed quite a successful career prior to announcing his retirement from the club.

Eras are meant to have a beginning and likewise an end, and for former Barcelona player and current English pundit, Gary Lineker, it’s come that time to say goodbye to the Barcelona he knew with the exit and retirement of Gerard Pique.

Gary Lineker, a former striker for Barcelona, responded to Gerard Pique’s abrupt retirement from football.

Lineker praised Pique’s career at Camp Nou and claimed it was difficult for him to picture Barcelona without the Spaniard.

Pique spoke to the Barcelona faithful during his moving goodbye speech on Saturday night at Camp Nou.

On Thursday, the former Manchester United player announced his unexpected retirement from the game.

In their LaLiga victory over Almeria at Camp Nou on Saturday, Pique made his final appearance for Barcelona.

Reacting, Lineker, in a tweet via his Twitter handle after the match, wrote: “A winning finale for the great @3gerardpique. Hard to imagine a @FCBarcelonateam without him.

“What a career. What a player.”

Gerard Pique announced his retirement in a surprise move that took the internet by storm when he revealed Saturday’s match against Almeria would be his final game for the club.

The La Masia graduate then went on to terminate his current contract with the club, while forfeiting the sum of €30 million owed him by the club with Barcelona going through financial issues.

Prior to the beginning of the season, a lot of rumors and speculations had gone on in the media regarding the former Manchester United defender’s future at Barcelona. A report was widely doing the rounds stating current manager, Xavi Hernandez had requested Pique to exit the club in the summer.

The season has been quite an emotional one for Gerard Pique, with the player going through a separation with partner, Shakira over alleged infidelity and bidding farewell to his boyhood club.