Pique seals Camp Nou return
27 May 2008 - 12:22:42
Manchester United defender Gerard Pique has agreed a four-year contract to complete his move back to former club Barcelona.
The 21-year-old Spaniard left the Camp Nou in the summer of 2004 to move to Old Trafford, but will head back to Barca after making only 23 appearances for the Red Devils.
His first-team opportunities at Old Trafford have been limited by the outstanding partnership of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.
Pique had earlier told the Spanish media: "Negotiations with Barca are at a very advanced stage and I like the idea of being able to play in a Barcelona shirt again."
Meanwhile, Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has yet again made clear his club's desire to try and lure Cristiano Ronaldo away from Old Trafford.
He told AS: "As a footballer, we do not have to waste time speaking of his quality. Most important was to evaluate him personally and as a professional and I must say Cristiano Ronaldo has his head straight.
"The situation is complicated for a lad of his age, but it hasn't affected his form as you saw at the end of the season with Manchester.
"It is necessary to be intelligent to solve the problems for the boy.
"Ronaldo will be expensive and it will be necessary to pay a lot of money, but we need more because he would not be sufficient.
"It seems that everything has been stopped just a little bit due to Cristiano Ronaldo being the big priority of the club now."
