TMW
Gerard Piquefounder of the Kings League, spoke on the sidelines of the presentation of the Kings League Italia. These are his statements collected by TMW and from the other media present in the mixed zone, with an eye also on Italy and his failed transfer to Juventus: “For us it is a historic day. This is our third Kings League, we are very happy to be here in Italy. Behind There is a great deal of work behind all this. We hope that the Italian edition will also be a success.”
It was difficult to convince the presidents?
“No, just think that at the World Cup this summer there were 350,000 devices connected to the Blur channel in the middle of the night… It wasn’t difficult at all I would say.”
If we had to do a 5 vs 5 Spain-Italy, who would you choose?
“For Spain I say Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Xavi, Iniesta and David Villa. For Italy Buffon…”.
He confirms that he was close to Juventus as a player?
“Yes, in 2007 Juve were interested in me. He arrived at the same time as Barcelona, but my dream was to play for Barça. Juve is a great club, but Barcelona was my whole life. I just wanted to go to Boat”.
She likes the new format of the Champions League?
“UEFA is trying to change the competition a bit, updating it and making it more modern. For me it’s always good to change, we’ll see if this is a format that will stay or not.”