Gerard Pique, 35, packs on the PDA with girlfriend Clara Chia, 23, after his emotional final match

Gerard Pique showered his girlfriend with affection after his emotional farewell tribute from Barcelona on Saturday.

With more than a year left on his contract with the Catalan club, Gerard, 35, shocked the football world last week when he announced his career in the sport would be turned upside down.

After an emotional speech following Barcelona’s win against Almeria at the Camp Nou, the retired star was comforted by his girlfriend, 23, as they kissed and hugged as they stood in the stands on the pitch.

The father of two, whose two sons also attended the celebration, showed he has nothing to hide now that his 11-year relationship with Colombian singer Shakira is over, closing his lips on Clara and wrapping his arms around her. skipped.

Spanish sports television network Gol Play filmed the momentous moment, writing alongside the images it posted to Twitter Gol Direct: “@gerardpique’s first kiss after the tribute. The central defender shared this special day with his loved ones.’

A match commentator said when a cameraman approached the couple that they realized their romantic scene was being filmed but continued to hug.

They commented: Look at this image. Gerard Piqué’s first kiss after receiving the tribute from the Camp Nou spectators.

‘Happy, contented, accompanied by his family and those who love him most.

“It’s the last image Gerard Pique left us on his day, the day he said goodbye to his team.”

Gerard — who announced his split from Shakira in June amid cheating rumors — hasn’t been shy about packing up on the PDA with his model girlfriend in recent weeks.

The former Man United defender shocked the football world on Thursday by announcing on Twitter that Saturday’s game against Almeria would be his last in a Barcelona shirt and his last game as a professional footballer.

He has played 397 games for the Catalan giants, scoring 29 times and capitating 102 times for Spain at the highest level.

He said in an emotional message, accompanying footage of him gazing over the Catalan capital from a balcony and retrospective photos and videos of him as a young child in a Barcelona shirt: “It’s been 25 years since I joined Barca. I left and I came back. Football has given me everything. You, culés, have given me everything.

“And now that all of that child’s dreams have come true, I want to tell you that now is the time to end this journey.”

He confirmed that he would retire from professional football halfway through the season, adding: “I will become a regular fan, I will support the team, I will pass on my love for Barca to my children, as my family did with me.”

Gerard delivered a tearful speech on the pitch at the Camp Nou on Saturday night, saying: ‘I was born here and I will die here’ after playing most of Barcelona’s 2-0 win, before being replaced late under a exuberant applause from the home fans.

The football star’s relationship with Barcelona-born beauty Clara started shortly after he and Shakira announced in June that they had split after 11 years and two children together.

His personal life has been in the spotlight of the media ever since and has been cited as one of the reasons for his shocking decision to retire from football.

Gerard and Shakira lookalike Clara are said to have met at his firm Kosmos where Clara works.

Spanish news website Niusdiario reported last week that the couple now live together in Gerard’s luxury penthouse apartment in the city center in Barcelona and plan to start a family.

Meanwhile, Shakira seems to deal with her ex through her music after the Spanish football player is said to have been unfaithful.

She first seemed to take a jab at Gerard in her single Te Felicito (I Congratulate You).

A key line in the song is translated as: ‘To make you whole / I broke myself to pieces / I was warned but I didn’t listen / Don’t tell me you’re sorry / I know you well and I know you’re lying. ‘

In an interview with Elle Magazine, the hitmaker was asked about the rule and its apparent connection to her marital problems.

“Is that the feeling you had that you had to give a part of yourself during that relationship that might have been hard to get back?” she was asked by Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

“I can only say that, consciously or unconsciously, everything I feel, everything I go through, is reflected in the lyrics I write, in the videos I make,” said Shakira. “If the glove fits, it fits. As I said before, my music is that station.’

Shakira’s song and accompanying video feature Puerto Rican singer Raw Alejandro, who is currently in a relationship with Rosalía.

In the video, he appears to be playing both a romantic interest for Shakira and a robot clone of the same person, which Shakira tinkers with until it comes to life.

It comes as Shakira and Gerard continue to try to reach an agreement about their divorce, with the pair recently being spotted outside the offices of a law firm.

Adding to her interview with Elle Magazine, Shakira said, “I think the details are somehow too private to share, at least right now – everything is so raw and new. All I can say is that I put everything I had into this relationship and into my family.”