Gerard Pique shares snapshot of his Barcelona weekly wages to brush off rumours He's club's highest paid

Spanish international Gerard Pique has taken to his social media space to share snapshot of his salary at Barcelona.

If you recall that Spanish Television presenter, Lluis Canu said Pique was taking home almost £12m a year after tax.

Pique was among the senior players who accepted pay cut during the financial crisis of the Blaugrana.

Posting his payslip on Twitter, it could be seen that half of Pique's yearly salary, paid to him in December totalled €2,328,884.39 (£1.94m).

Pique tweeted: 'People like this are paid by public television to defend their friends. Here is 50% of my salary as of 30 December. Have a bit of respect for yourself.'