Gerard Pique may soon have to play with his ex’s name on the shirt. According to ESPN-journalist Moises Llorens is Spotify, main sponsor of Piqués club Barcelona, very close to a deal with singer Shakira. After rapper Drake, the defender’s ex-girlfriend is to be one of the next artists to grace the Catalans’ match shirt. Pique and Shakira split last summer after an 11-year relationship.
Barcelona and Spotify aim to bring the football and music worlds together through the partnership. That’s why trading los Azulgrana last Sunday in el Clásico (3-1 loss) with the logo of Drake on the front of the shirt, the most streamed artist in the world. Then Barcelona already announced that it was the intention that more artists would appear on the jersey. Shakira would be one of the next ones.
With that, a painful situation for Piqué seems imminent – one that the internet has been jokingly ‘hoped for’ after Drake’s entry on the shirt. Piqué announced at the beginning of June, together with his ex, that they had ended their relationship after eleven years. According to journalist Laura Fa, the experienced stopper would have cheated on a 22-year-old woman just before. Shakira first broke up with Pique in September, but did not make any statements about a possible affair.
His past with Shakira never completely lets go of Pique. The 102-time Spanish international has to regularly hear her hit ‘Te Felicito’ during the warm-up in Spotify Camp Nou. Many listeners of the singer also suspect that that song is a criticism of Piqué. Shakira’s upcoming single ‘Monotonia’ would also be a breakup anthem to be. It is not yet clear, however, whether and how quickly a deal between Spotify and the Colombian singer will be concluded. Coldplay is also mentioned as a future ‘model’ for the Barça shirt.
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