As a soccer lover I watch every match I can find myself in fron of. For those that are overly familiar with American sports idolatry, bear in it doesn’t come close to that of soccer. Between club and country, these players are paid and treated like literaly royalty. Hard to imagine, but LeBron will never be as “BIG” on a global scale as Cristiano Ronaldo.

In this world of luxury, hubris, and lavish living, Colombian singer SHAKIRA a global superstar in her own right, was essentailly ,if not legally married,  to Girard Pique, the Spanish Defenseman and Club Captain of BARCELONA, again, arguably the most famous team on the planet. Exacerbating things, is the recent end of their union has shaken the soccer world to it’s tectonic core due to it’s cause.

He has been routinely “BOOED” all summer in the run up to the season. And it has yet to get ugly. The relationship ended on his infidelity with one of HER employees. A m. ore precipitous fall from penthouse to outhouse can’t come to mind. She has won already in the court of public opinion. Shots of her walking alone on the beach have flooded the tabloids. The fact they have children together. Tour dates have been cancelled, and the world is sharing in her pain while lashing out at Pique. The expected comparisons do not help, as the new paramour does not compare to the global superstar. Thus adding more to his mockery.

Now it seems to be heading to legal and financial matters of interest.

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The Spaniard Gerard Piqué, FC Barcelona player, issued a statement on Thursday through a law firm in which he announced legal actions after suffering “interference that crosses the limits of legality” since he announced his separation from Shakira, emphasizing in which the “rights” of their children have been violated.

“Since Shakira and Gerard Piqué confirmed their separation through a joint statement on June 4, many rumors and alleged unconfirmed information have been published about the player, his family and his personal and, therefore, private life. These reports and images cause not only damage to his honor of him and damage to his image of him, but also a serious attack on the rights of his children of him, whose safety and protection represent his greatest concern of him”, the announcement begins .

“At the same time, the monitoring of some media and paparazzi has been continuous, seeing our client forced to alter his daily routine with the sole purpose of protecting his children, his family and his closest environment,” he continues.

Piqué wants to protect his family in this way after being the center of attention for his personal life for a media that, he stresses, has always “respected”, while recognizing the “fundamental role they play in society”, writes the law firm on behalf of the footballer.

“However, in recent weeks he has suffered interference that goes beyond the limits of legality, so our client has been forced to request precautionary measures of removal and take legal action against those who alter his family life and violate the rights of their children, given that Gerard Piqué’s only objective is to guarantee their well-being and restore their rights to privacy, security and tranquility,” he insists.

“Our client wants to thank through this statement the respect and informative rigor shown by some media and trusts that everything will be resolved in the best possible way, always applying good sense and common sense”, he concludes.