Gerard Pique has been critical of his own performances last season, claiming that he can’t be rated as one of the best defenders in the world.
Pique added at a Press conference that he hopes new Barcelona Coach Luis Enrique will help him recover past form.
“Right now I’m not even top three in the world,” Sport reports Pique as saying.
“I can’t be for the season I had with Barca and the World Cup with the national team.
“I know that to play at Barca I have to be among the top three in the world.
“I also know that I can regain form and I will do. But if I can’t live up to the highest standards, I’m the first to raise my hand and say I can’t.
“I’m convinced that Enrique will help me and I’ll get my level up again.”
Asked for what went wrong over the last 12 months, Pique was stark in his assessment.
“It was a failure. Barca only won the Spanish Super Cup. We failed in the Copa and the League ended up worse,” he continued.
“But it’s clear that if we can improve we will be close to the trophies, if done with humility and hard work.
“Barca have the ingredients to do something great.”
