Gerard Pique has thrown more light on the scenario that played out before Neymar eventually left Barcelona for Paris Saint Germain.

Being friends with the Brazilian, he had tried his best to make him stay in Catalonia. Pique had caused a stir with his tweet back in July saying Neymar was staying.

But in Saturday’s press conference he revealed he already knew 100% he was leaving when he made the tweet, and Neymar was actually angry with him.

“The day that I posted the ‘se queda’ [‘he stays’, in English] tweet, I already knew that he was 100 percent leaving, but it was my final shot.” he told reporters in the pre-Supercopa press conference.

“He was annoyed at me and I know he had his reasons.”

“I don’t feel like I’ve been tricked,”

“Now that everything has taken place I can explain how it all went down.”

And then according to Spanish radio COPE, Pique revealed Dani Alves played a role in convincing him to join PSG. Alves and Neymar arrived Lionel Messi’s wedding in Argentina together, and Pique said everything was settled in Rosario.

“At [Lionel] Messi’s wedding, Neymar already had this idea that he would leave [Barcelona].

‘It was Dani Alves who convinced Neymar to go to PSG at Messi’s wedding.’

“In the end, we cannot judge him as he has taken a brave decision.

“He performed really well for us and has now left money in the bank, while we remember him fondly.”

Piqué: “Fue Dani Alves el que convenció a Neymar de que se fuera al PSG en la boda de Messi”. pic.twitter.com/mJ9TxM8yLs

— El Partidazo de COPE (@partidazocope) August 12, 2017

In earlier quotes attributed to Alves, he had denied his involving in persuading Neymar to leave Barcelona.

Rather the defender had said it was Neymar who convinced him to join PSG. (Read more details here)

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