Kings League: Gerard Pique discusses unorthodox football event

As former Barcelona and Manchester United defender - and founder of the competition - Gerard Pique describes it: "It is football but it is not football."

"Teams from Spain and America will compete but we have given wildcards to presidents from teams in other countries, where we want to open a league pretty soon and one of those is in the UK. Rio Ferdinand will have a team. Games last 40 minutes and go to a 'penalty shootout' if drawn - a one-on-one format with the goalkeeper.

Star player - one player is given an armband to show he is the star player. If he scores a goal it will count double, then the secret weapon is over."It has to be competitive but it has to be a show," said Pique, who won the World Cup with Spain in 2010. "It isn't all about the result, winning and fighting. It worked very well, we are very happy and we want to expand. Soon you will have it here I hope.""At the time I was playing for Barcelona and we were doing different events with the biggest streamer in Spain and Latin America - Ibai.

Pique, who also owns Spanish second-tier side FC Andorra, continued: "The second reason is because I believe the relationship between the players and fans in football now is more distant.

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