To think that once upon a time, most culers considered Gerard Pique to be a bit of a clown.
The Halloween prank is one that sticks in the memory, and most of us will have lost count of the amount of times Carles Puyol had to robustly admonish his sidekick.
How times change.
Now one of the elder statesmen in the side, Geri has really grown into the role and its responsibility. And then some.
Getting Rakuten on board as sponsors has to count as one of the greatest acts of boardroom mastery ever undertaken by a player still plying his trade.