Pique: Manchester United’s senior players were a**holes!

 

The Barcelona centre-back joined Old Trafford as a 17-year-old in 2004 and admits he had a tough time when he was trying to break through into the club's first-team

Gerard Pique claims Manchester United’s senior players were “a**holes” during his time at Old Trafford.

The Barcelona centre-back joined United at the age of 17 in 2004 and spent four years with Sir Alex Ferguson before returning to Barcelona.

Pique was asked about the young players integrating into Spain’s Euro 2016 squad and the centre-back admits they are given an easier time than when he was trying to break through.

“They adapt very well, it’s not like before,” the defender told Spanish radio station Onda Cero.

“When I was seventeen, eighteen years old and tried to make the jump to the first team at Manchester, it was much more difficult, senior players were a**holes.

“Now you make a little joke and it seems to be a crime. I remember when Gerard Deulofeu went to the first team, and he was going to sit at a dinner, I removed the chair, he fell and I got a scolding. They did it to us everyday!”