FC Barcelonas Gerard Piqué missade sitt lags match förra helgen i La Liga, men dök nyligen upp på PES League Finals som spelades i Barcelonas hemmaarena Camp Nou. Där möttes två spanska lag och tydligen gillade han det han såg och kommenterade saken efteråt när vi frågade honom om inte Barcelona skulle ha ett eget esportlag:
"Sure, possibly, why not?!"
Nu är ju det såklart inget officiellt besked, men kanske kan det bli verklighet ändå, tids nog. Vi pratade nämligen även med Lennart Bobzien, European PES league & digital manager hos Konami och här är vad han hade att säga:
<i>"I'm hoping, or I wish that [Barça] they're actually going this way as well. Obviously since we're now really close partners we're discussing with them as well as all the opportunities and the avenues we can go. But on the other side, from the club's perspective, it's just for them, it's a new... I mean obviously, the generation is growing and it's changing, even for Barcelona and there's no harm to start, to setup an eSports department. It will help them, also like they're covering fanbase. Of course they're interested in football, but also they're definitely interested in videogames and competitive gaming. So I'm actually thinking, I'm guessing that Barcelona is looking into it as well, and hopefully sooner or later they will have their own PES player for FC Barcelona".
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