Gerard Pique feels that the football authorities need to do something to make matches more ‘exciting’ and appealing to the new generation of fans.
In an interview with The Times, he said: “Football competes with Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, TikTok. Everyone has limited time. Football for 90 minutes is not as exciting.
“Do I watch matches for 90 minutes? Not really. I watch some Barça, but not 90 minutes. Maybe 30 or 40 minutes.
“The other day I wore these virtual reality glasses. I put them on and I was in my pyjamas at home, about to go to bed, and I watched a full NBA game, from inside the court. I am there. Every year these products get better.
“You need to understand where football is going, where entertainment is going, and mix them, so people are still attached to football.”
Despite what Pique seems to entail here, the fact is that most football fans would not want to see length of matches reduced or some other shenanigans introduced to make them ‘more exciting’.
