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Gerard Pique Slams Former Real Madrid Board Member on Messi, Neymar Tax Charges

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Barcelona defender Gerard Pique questioned whether Real Madrid carries too much influence on the judicial process after teammates Neymar and Lionel Messi ran into legal trouble over the past few years.

According to Joaquin Maroto of Spanish paper AS, Pique focused his ire on Spanish state attorney Marta Silva de Lapuerta and her relationship with Madrid.

"I've nothing against Real Madrid players but there are other things about the club that I don't like," he said. "It wrangles with me to see the individual who is involved with the indictment of Messi and Neymar sitting in the VIP section of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.