FC Barcelona star Gerard Pique has revealed the truth behind a photo of him and Zlatan Ibrahimovic that had many believing the pair were lovers.
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A snapshot of the Swede and the Spaniard taken inside the Catalan club's training ground did the rounds on the internet in 2010, with many speculating that the two were romantically involved.
However, Pique has once again spoken about the picture, insisting that the striker was simply congratulating him on a book he had released.
"I'd just released my autobiography and he came over to say 'well done'," the Blaugrana defender told Four Four Two magazine.
"I'm a tactile person, very caring, and the photographer took the shot. He was inside the training ground, so it couldn't have been someone from a gossip magazine.
"I couldn't believe it turned into this massive thing.
"We were ahead of Real Madrid with only a few games to go, so the press would jump on anything to destabilise us. We still won the league, though."
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Ibrahimovic joined Barcelona in 2009, but moved to AC Milan on loan the next season after a fallout with Pep Guardiola.
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