Without warning, Barcelona star Gerard Pique announces his retirement

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Without warning, the Spanish defender Gerard Pique announced his departure from Barcelona, after a long career that spanned for years with the Catalan team.

Pique published a video clip, through his official account on the (Twitter) website, in which he said, "My last match will be with Almeria next Saturday in the League.".

"Sooner or later I will return to the club, I have always said that there will be no club after Barcelona.".

Pique will retire after the Barcelona match away from home the following week, before the Spanish first division football was suspended for several weeks due to the World Cup competitions to be held in Qatar between November 20 and December 18.

Gerard Pique grew up in the famous Barcelona academy "La Masia" before moving to Manchester United in the club's age groups, and returned to Barcelona in the summer of 2008 in the context of a revolution carried out by the new coach at the time, Pep Guardiola.

Pique played more than 600 games with Barcelona, during which he won a number of Spanish Leagues, the King's Cup, the Super Cup and the European Champions League 3 times.