Even though he will not be present on the pitch at the Camp Nou on Tuesday against Arsenal, Gerard Piqué made headlines on Monday as he presented his new autobiography "El Viaje de Ida Y Vuelta" (The Roundtrip).
In this book Piqué talks about his experience from his beginnings at Barcelona's youth academy and his move to Manchester United then his eventual return to Catalunya with a pit stop in Zaragoza.
"It narrates the story of a dream come true. It's about the adventures of a boy that wants to for Barcelona's first team above everything else. In the end he achieves that; but lots of things happen along the way, like having to go to Manchester United," said Piqué.
In an interview with Catalan daily Sport, Piqué also mentions that he owes his success in the past two seasons to Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola. He mentioned how much then-rookie coach Guardiola risked by putting an inexperienced Piqué out on the pitch. From that point the hometown boy emerged from youth product to one of the best central defenders in the game. Piqué's 2009 calendar year was dream-like as he was part of a Blaugrana side that became the first Spanish team to win the treble and first European team to ever win six trophies in one year.
"From a football standpoint, (Pep) gave me everything. I will never be able to repay him for risking himself with me. I understand that my return to Barcelona was not normal after playing so few minutes at Manchester."- Gerard Piqué
This book has only come out in Catalan but there should be editions in English and Spanish coming months, so when that does occur... we will review that book for you here on Simply Futbol as we did so with others in the past.
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