Pique ready to quit

Barcelona: FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said Sunday that he is ready to leave the Spanish national football team if he is not wanted. Pique, who has been booed by national team fans for years for his perceived support for Catalonian independence, posted a photo on Twitter that showed him voting in the banned independence referendum, Sunday. “If the coach or anyone in the federation thinks of me as a problem or a bother, I have no problem in stepping aside,” Pique said teary-eyed after Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Las Palmas at Camp Nou. The player also criticised Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for the way the government and police dealt with Sunday’s plans for a referendum.