Gerard Pique had a dressing room row with Xavi Hernandez over a lack of playing time and Barcelona are hopeful that the defender will tear up his contract.
Veteran defender Pique has clocked up 608 first-team appearances for the Catalan club but he has started just one of the club’s eight matches this season - lining up against Cadiz in La Liga with his only other outing a Champions League substitute appearance against Viktoria Plzen.
Pique has fallen out of favour under Xavi, following the signings of Jules Kounde and Andreas Christensen with younger players Ronald Araujo and Eric Garcia also enjoying more prominence in the line-ups in recent times.
