Pique wants Pep to re-sign

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said he
wants Pep Guardiola to sign a new
contract with the Spanish champions.
The 41-year-old coach has been coy about
his long-term future at Camp Nou, with
his contract due to expire at the end of
the season.
Having guided Barca to 13 trophies since
taking over the club’s first team in 2008,
there are suggestions that Guardiola is in
need of a new challenge, but Pique said
he believes the coach has not lost his
motivation for the job.
“He must continue at Barca for all he has
experienced and for all there is still to
experience,” Pique told reporters.
The Spain international then denied suggestions
of a bust-up between himself and Guardiola,
after being omitted from Barca’s squad for their
3-1 Champions League victory against Bayer
Leverkusen last week.
“Guardiola is key in the dressing room,” Pique
said.
“He gave me the opportunity to experience this
and I will always be grateful to him.”
“I will never argue any decision he makes.”