After a successful return to Barcelona last season, Gerard Pique will be
rewarded with a bumper new contract.
Sport says negotiations are yet to begin, however,
Barca management have decided to hand the Spain defender a new deal
through to 2014. His terms will also be raised in line with the
club's highest earners to around €5 million-a-year.
Arturo Canales, Pique's adviser, has been assured by Barca
president Joan Laporta that the former Manchester United defender will be the next of the
club's top players to have handed a new deal.