Barcelona Legends Gerard Pique And Xavi Hernandez Come Out Of International Retirement

Barcelona legends, Xavi Hernandez and Gerard Pique are set to come out of international retirement in order to play for Catalonia against Venezuela next week.

Catalonia will play a friendly against Venezuela on March 25, with Pique set to make his 10th appearance for the side.

Catalonia are not registered with either FIFA or UEFA but can still play friendlies. The game will be Pique’s 10th for Catalonia.

Here is the full squad of Catalonia.

Goalkeepers: Isaac Becerra (Nastic de Tarragona), Edgar Badia (Elche).

Defenders: Martin Montoya (Brighton), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Marc Bartra (Real Betis), Aleix Vidal (Sevilla), Didac Vila (Espanyol), Marc Cucurella (Eibar), Marc Muniesa (Girona).

Midfielders: Victor Sanchez (Espanyol), Xavi Hernandez (Al Sadd), Pere Pons (Girona), Oscar Melendo (Espanyol), Joan Jordan (Eibar), Alex Granell (Girona), Oriol Romeu (Southampton), Aleix Garcia (Girona).

Forwards: Sergio Garcia (Espanyol), Bojan Krkic (Stoke), Marc Cardona (Eibar)