United Complete Pique Signing
By David Hobbs
July 1 2004
Manchester United have captured Barcelona wonderkid Gerard Pique for an undisclosed amount of money and fought off competition from both Arsenal and Chelsea. The two London outfits have been chasing the 17-year old for some time now but Sir Alex Ferguson has sealed the signature of the defender.
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Manchester United have captured Barcelona
wonderkid Gerard Pique for an undisclosed amount of money and fought off competition
from both Arsenal and Chelsea.
The two London outfits, like United, have been chasing the 17-year old for some time now but Sir Alex Ferguson has sealed the signature of the defender. Pique enplained: "There have been seven years of my life where I have learned and enjoyed my football with Barca and I would not change that for anything in the world," "But a new phase of my life begins now." "It took a lot to make the decision to leave Barca. I was very happy here and had never thought about changing club but, after looking at the options, speaking with my parents and my grandfather, who has also helped me a lot, it was a suitable time for me (to move)." He continued: "In England, the age does not matter so much while here in Spain there is a structure and there are very few chances to break through." Pique (aka Gerard Pique Bernabeu) fell out with boss at Barcelona Frank Rijkaard last season. |
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