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dc, I think tihs has a bit more to do with "the grass is greener on the other side."

Pique's history is as follows. Family members part of Barcelona's board [grandfather I know for sure]. He was literally born, bred and raised in Barcelona's youth system. And then the age of 15/16 comes along. You know, the age where English teams love to pluck fresh talent from Spanish youth systems.

Pique wanted to know from Barcelona what his future held and he wasn't given or shown anything positive. United wanted to sign him, spoke sweet nothings in his ear and there you have it. Gerard Pique in United's system.

This was at the time that Pique's grandfather was part of Barcelona's board!!!

The kid wants to play. He is good enough to play. He proved it countless times last season with Zaragoza.

His problem is Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. They unfortunately play a massive amount of matches. In my opinion this needs to change. Pique should have given more opportunities this season. It should take an injury to either Ferdinand or Vidic to accomplish this.

Yes, he messed up at Bolton, but name one player on United that hasn't had a gaffe this season? The lad is young, he is still learning the English game and from what we've see during his matches for United, he is a promising talent.

Furthermore, with Brown's contract still not resigned and a depth chart of O'Shea, Silvestre and Neville in the cb position. The importance of Pique staying and getting matches is vital.

Evans needs to be added to the "stay' list as well. Both of this lads easily have the potential to be United's backline in the future.