Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has denied rumours of a rift between Camp Nou superstar Lionel Messi and €120m summer signing Antoine Griezmann, insisting that the relationship between the two forwards is perfectly fine.
Griezmann perhaps inadvertently fuelled speculation earlier this season when he admitted that early communication with Messi hadn’t been easy because neither player is a big talker.
More recently, some fans on social media have come up with an unsubstantiated theory that Messi and Luis Suarez have been actively ignoring their new teammate on the pitch.
But, during an appearance on Spanish radio station Cadena Ser, Piqué has rubbished claims of any kind of falling out or dislike.