Gerard Pique is unsure whether he would have stayed at Barcelona had former manager Pep Guardiola remained at the club beyond 2012 after the now Manchester City boss lost faith in the Spain defender. The centre back, who has played over 250 league games for Barca, wrote in the Player’s Tribune that a year after winning a Liga and Champions League double under Guardiola in 2011, he was left contemplating his future at the club. He said this was because he could not fully buy into the Catalan coach’s notoriously intense off-field demands and Guardiola's trust in the player had been knocked. "I had the worst season of my career. Everything seemed to fall apart in 2012. I don’t know why,” said the 31-year-old who started out in Barca's youth ranks before joining Manchester United in 2004 and returned to the Nou Camp four years later. "Perhaps I had lost the fear that drove me to that level. But for whatever reason, I started questioning myself. As the season we...
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