Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has denied any wrongdoing after audio recordings stolen from the Spanish football federation by hackers revealed the Barcelona defender helped to negotiate a €24 million commission to take the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia.
The federation changed the format of the Super Cup in 2020, creating a “Final Four” and moving the competition to Saudi Arabia as part of a deal that was reportedly worth €40m per tournament for the federation.
“I have nothing to hide, everything we have done is legal,” Pique said during a stream on his Twitch channel on Monday.
“I will give my side of the story in terms of the conflict of interest. It’s not something I will hide from, I feel proud because we have done a spectacular job.”
Pique’s Kosmos group will be paid €4m per tournament by the Saudi organisers for negotiating the six-year agreement, according to El Confidencial newspaper, which released the audios on Monday.
Pique said in the audio recordings that the money would be divided between the clubs, and the federation would keep about €6m.
The federation told El Confidencial there was nothing illegal in what was said in the audios or in the negotiations, and the details of the deal had already been released.
