Pique jeered and booed by Spain fans in training: 'You ba****d!'
With Spain training ahead of their final World Cup 2018 qualifiers, the Barcelona star ran out onto the training ground, only to be greeted with jeers and boos, as can be seen in the video below.
"Pique, bastard, Spain is your nation," they chanted at the Catalan defender.
The Barcelona legend - and winner of three Champions League titles - recently claimed that he was happy to step down from international duty if he was a problem for the FA, or the Coaching staff.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Sale Piqué <a href="https://t.co/F61hBh1mYk">pic.twitter.com/F61hBh1mYk</a></p>— Eduardo J. Castelao (@EJCASTELAO) <a href="https://twitter.com/EJCASTELAO/status/914910508289060865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The defender was devastated by the violence surrounding the independence referendum, most of which seems to have been caused by the police.
"If any directors or if the Spanish FA believe that I could be a problem or annoy the national team then I am willing to step aside."
"I am proud of the Catalan people," he then said more generally.
"This has been my worst experience."
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