Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has revealed that he wanted to retire from international football after the last World Cup in 2014.
He said that he was not motivated anymore after having won the Euros and World Cup in previous years.
The player has revealed that it is only after talking with the coach Vicente Del Bosque that he has continued to play for the Spanish national team. He said that he was disappointed by the way Spain play in the World Cup in Brazil and felt that it was perhaps time to give chances to other players.
Pique said that he had already announced to his friends and relatives that he would not continue after the World Cup 2014 and it is only the Spanish coach that convince him to change his mind.