Neymar stays tweet a bluff, admits Pique

AFP, BARCELONA: Gerard Pique knew Neymar had decided to leave Barcelona long before the Brazilian completed his world record 222 million euro ($261 million) move to Paris Saint-Germain, the Barcelona defender admitted on Saturday.

Pique has been mocked for posting "he stays" with a picture of him and Neymar together on Barca's pre-season tour to the United States on July 23.

However, Pique claimed he was using social media as a last throw of the dice to keep Neymar with the Catalan giants as the Brazilian had intimated his decision to leave to his former teammates as early as Lionel Messi's wedding on June 30.

“There was a group of players that tried to convince him to stay and the day I wrote the tweet 'he stays' I knew he was going,” Pique said on the eve of Barca's Spanish Super Cup first leg clash against arch rivals Real Madrid.

Neymar stays tweet a bluff, admits Pique

AFP, BARCELONA: Gerard Pique knew Neymar had decided to leave Barcelona long before the Brazilian completed his world record 222 million euro ($261 million) move to Paris Saint-Germain, the Barcelona defender admitted on Saturday. Pique has been mocked for posting he stays with a picture of him and Neymar together on Barcas pre-season tour to the United States on July 23. However, Pique claimed he was using social media as a last throw of the dice to keep Neymar with the Catalan giants as the Brazilian had intimated his decision to leave to his former teammates as early as Lionel Messis wedding on June 30. There was a group of players that tried to convince him to stay and the day I wrote the tweet he stays I knew he was going, Pique said on the eve of Barcas Spanish Super Cup first leg clash against arch rivals Real Madrid.