Piqué is clear that he still doesn't want to 'hang up his boots' with Barça

Gerard Hammered is one of the symbols of the institution and one of the few players inside the first team that belongs to the 'generation of the 87', that litter of footballers that won it all and that elevate the name of the Barça in the highest of the world-wide football. Now, the central has fulfilled the 35 years and finds in the 'final stage' of his sportive career. However, in spite of his age, keeps on being important for Xavi Hernández.

And it is that the defender is one of the axes of the saga. His performance and hierarchy have kept it during 15 years in the elite of the balompié European, and his discipline situates it like an indisputable in the plans of the egarense. At present, it does pair beside Ronald Araújo in the defensive diagram of the team, and his suffices experience has helped to the Uruguayan to position like one of the solidest players of the world to his 22 years.

By the moment, 'hang the boots' would not go in neither closely in the plans of the Spanish, the one who still has valid agreement until 2024 and has showed conditions to fulfil his agreement by two seasons more. Xavi still trusts his skills like marker, and although Eric García is his immediate spare, the good performances of the of the Bonanova keep him 'safe' inside the plantel.

During this campaign, Hammered has had performances stood out so much for Ronald Koeman as for the one of Terrassa, where already accumulates 2.151 minutes of game in 27 parties in all the competitions, with an average of 80 minutes by meeting. It has seen door in two occasions, what keeps it like a 'threat' aerial inside the rival area.

A 'emblem' of the institution

I hammered it is, beside Andres Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandéz and Lionel Messi, one of the 'symbols' of Barça in the last years. His attitude inside and out of the field have positioned him like one of the bastions of the team, and his figure represents the deepest values of the barcelonismo everywhere of the world. 'Cutting' as always, Gerard will be in the surroundings culé by a lot of years, included after his stage like player.