Gerard Pique claims he knew Neymar was going to join Paris Saint-Germain when the Barcelona defender indicated on social media that the Brazilian would remain at Camp Nou.
Amid the saga that preceded Neymar’s stunning move from Barca to PSG for a world-record fee of €222 million, Pique caused a stir by tweeting a photo of him alongside the forward with the caption “se queda” (he stays).
The Spain international previously claimed it was just his guess that Neymar would not leave Barca, but Pique has now altered his version of events.
“I don’t feel like I’ve been tricked,” Pique said at a media conference ahead of Barca’s Supercopa de Espana first-leg clash with Real Madrid.
“Now that everything has taken place I can explain how it all went down. At [Lionel] Messi’s wedding, Neymar already had this idea that he would leave.
“The day that I posted the ‘se queda’ tweet, I already knew that he was 100 per cent leaving, but it was my final shot.”
