Are you sure those folks didn't do the same?
Because Pep declined many times to come back, including under Laporta, and even stalled contract renewal during his stint here in order to get what he wants. He prefers oil money and resources for himself and his brother on the club.
Puyol overstayed his welcome by 2 years, and retired when it was painful for him to even do daily activities like stairs and walking. He was basically forced in retirement by his doctors. Never mind several instances as agent in preferring to make his clients leave Barca
Xavi was on steep decline after 2011 season, remained starter for next 3 years, clashed with the coach, was happy with renewals, and only left after the club basically gave up on him and essentially wanted him to just walk by himself.
Iniesta accepted a "life time" contract by the club, and only left after he found himself on the bench.
The main difference between those folks and current ones is that they had several world class players to rely on and a stable club to make the scenes of them leaving look more glories.
Pique is a bit of a clown, but he gave up on money several times and was loyal to the club, and just before his predecessors he left only when the club basically forced him out. Only this time the club didn't have the stability to do it nicely.
Nice fabrication of reality to whitewash the most toxic Amigo
1) It's ridiculous to make such claim for Pep.
Pep left because the Rossel administration was not willing to back him in the way he wanted.
The rumors that surfaced years after he left point to the truth: he wanted a rebuild, with him holding the keys who goes and who leaves.
He had identified a malicious root in our dressing room with Pique, Fabregas, and Alves the first he wanted to get rid of
Had Pep stayed, the Amigo culture that destroyed the club would not have appeared at all
And it's totally ridiculous to claim he chose CIty because of oil money. He went to bayern first who have no oil money, and then to City only because the structure that he trusted under Laporta (Txiki and Soriano) have moved there and he knew it would be an ideal for him environment
2) Puyol was not a starter the last 2 years and was not a toxic force in the dressing room. On the contrary, he was an example of professionalism and leadership.
No comparison really
3) Not really.
He declined yes, but not steeply, and he left on his own when he saw that he doesn't offer the team what he should anymore.
The fact that Lucho convinced him to stay one final year is telling
4) Iniesta, like Xavi, left when he saw he can't offer to the team what he wants on the pitch.
He wasn't on the bench when he left dude, what are you talking about?
He left in 2018, and that season he was a starter under Valverde
5) WC players to cover? Xavi was replaced by Rakitic who had 2 good years and then he became a problem himself. Puyol was replaced by Mascherano who was finished shortly afterwards, and Iniesta was never replaced as Coutinho never arrived.
Don't know what you are talking about exactly.
And it's not only the 'on the pitch' situation, but the 'off the pitch' as well, where this toxic dude was embarrassing the club even more
6) We don't know if Pique gave up money actually. It was all talk from media, and the likeliest scenario is that it was all deferrals and no cuts.
The only real cut he was forced to make, was now the 30m left until next summer.
Then, he is morally objectionable because he renewed when he was already declined with an astronomic contract, a value out of the market, that no club could pay, and that was tying the hands of the club if they wanted to get rid of him, as no one would pay his wages
Of course, only an idiot like Barto could agree to that, but that makes him even more morally objectionable: he knew it, and he took advantage of it.
Like the many other times he tried to take advantage of the club for his personal benefits, like being involved the Super Copa, like trying to buy Barca Studios recently in exchange for a real wage cut.
Yup, you find such material in every move he makes
Yes, he was exceptional footballer in his prime, but it's a hubris to call this cunt a legend. He will NEVER become a Barca legend
PS: the fact that forum clowns like Mavolio agree with your post is not a compliment about your post really
