The news was first sent to the ether by Gerard Pique. He admitted, unintentionally. Bojan Krkic himself confirmed it, by inviting the press representatives to be present in one of the conference rooms at the Nou Camp stadium on Thursday. The reason is the announcement of the end of the winger’s career, at the age of 33.That is somewhat understandable, considering the drastic decline of his career and the fact that the last four years were spent in Canada (Montreal Impact) and Japan (Vissel Kobe), which are not destinations in line with his expectations. And contrary to what was predicted for him when he first started playing professional football.If you loved watching football, you loved watching Mesut Ozil – but you’ll see him play no moreThe most interesting thing of all is that when Bojan appeared, in the coaching era of Frank Rijkaard, Krkić was already dubbed the “new Messi.” He is three years younger than Lionel, in some matches, he even subbed in for the Argentine, in others, they played together and there was already a lot of talk that the two boys from La Masia could mark their time at the Nou Camp stadium. One definitely succeeded in that.The second one, with the nickname “the new Messi,” never confirmed his talent on the big stage continuously, and right now – at the moment when Leo, as the world champion at the representative level, with many cups and records, does not even think of stopping at the age of 36 – Bojan Krkic did it at 33 years of age.”I had to deal with what people were saying about me, with the burden of being the ‘new Messi.’ At first I didn’t understand how I could live up to those expectations. I gradually learned to distance myself from what others say, I knew my limits, I accepted them and identified my good sides in order to set new goals”, Krkić explained recently how difficult it was for him to be compared to Leo.##NAJAVA_MECA_7120078##Bojan Krkić’s time in the first team of Barcelona was the highlight of his career, he played 163 games, scored 41 goals, but everything after that was based on what he did in Catalonia. He played for Roma, Milan, Ajax (without a notable performance playing for the greats), and then Stoke, Mainz, Alaves, all the way to the aforementioned Montreal and Vissel Kobe.It should be remembered that Bojan Krkić played one game for the Spanish national team, recording 25 minutes during the World Cup qualifier against Armenia on September 10, 2008.Bojan Krkic will retire from football this week, Gerard Piqué has confirmed on Twitch. #fcblive pic.twitter.com/WYE36ABzOB— BarçaTimes (@BarcaTimes) March 21, 2023
