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Barcelona VP Reprimands Piqué For Involvement In Griezmann Doc

Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué's involvement in the film during which Antoine Griezmann said he would stay at Atlético Madrid caused "surprise and unease" at Barcelona, according to the BBC. Griezmann, a target for Barça, was featured in TV documentary La Decision, which aired last Thursday. Piqué's production company, Kosmos, produced the film. Barcelona VP Jordi Mestre said that the club would "speak internally" to Piqué and fellow defender Samuel Umtiti, who are both at the World Cup. Piqué tweeted a link to the program, saying that he "would be eating popcorn while watching it." Umtiti "also tweeted about it." Mestre: "The president [Josep Maria Bartomeu] spoke to Gerard Piqué to tell him his involvement had generated surprise and unease at the club and among many Barça fans." Piqué said, "I spoke with Griezmann. He told me there was a possibility he would go to Barcelona. I told him we were going to film, that it would be very good content for people to see from the inside how such a decision is made. From there, I obviously moved away" (BBC, 6/19).

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