Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has expressed his frustration over the recent fake news regarding over speeding that has popped up in the news.
The former Manchester United was reported to have crossed the speeding limit in Barcelona and was fined by Spanish police. Reports also further suggested that he could be paying a massive fine for his reckless driving and also six points on his driving.
Photos on Friday has shown the 30-year old speaking to police from his car and the English media were the first to report the fake news. The Barca defender has single out Mirror in his tweets as he was furious with the news that was floating around across the world.
He made numerous tweets on the news and has expressed his frustration and also his current stand on the issue as he promised to create a new media outlet for the benefit of professional footballers for the benefit of footballers.
His first tweet said: “A paparazzi makes a photo of me talking to the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police).”
Ahora os explicaré como funciona gran parte de la prensa hoy en día:
1. Un paparazzi te hace una foto hablando con los Mossos d'Esquadra.— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) May 20, 2017
His second read: “The paparazzi invents that I was driving at 190 km/h and that the Mossos took six points off of my driving license to be able to sell the photos for 1,500 euros. All lies.”
2. El paparazzi se inventa que iba a 190km/h y que me sacaron 6 puntos de carnet para poder vender las fotos por 1.500 euros. Todo mentira.
— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) May 20, 2017
And his third: “An English media buys the photos regardless of the veracity of the story.”
3. Un medio inglés compra las fotos sin importarle la veracidad de la historia.
— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) May 20, 2017
The fourth tweet read: “The majority of the media in this country spread the news without corroborating the information. All to get more clicks.”
4. La mayoria de medios de este país difunden la notícia sin corroborar la información. Todo para obtener más clicks.
— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) May 20, 2017
His fifth read: “The damage is already done and nobody will do anything to change it.”
5. El daño ya está hecho y nadie hace nada para cambiar esta dinámica.
— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) May 20, 2017
The final tweet read: “My objective in the coming months will be the creation of a media different, truthful, authentic and for the players. I’m fed up.”
6. Mi objetivo en los próximos meses es crear un medio de comunicación que sea diferente, veraz, auténtico y de los jugadores. Estoy harto.
— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) May 20, 2017
The Spaniard has returned to team training as Barcelona are set to play against Eibar on Sunday in their final La Liga game of the season. The Catalans currently are three points behind their arch rivals Real Madrid and still has a chance to win the league title if Real Madrid loses on the final day against Malaga.
The Blaugrana are also set to play in Copa del Rey later this month as they eye the coveted trophy in a below par season for them. It remains to be seen how Pique with go on with the fake news spreading media in the coming days.