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Gerard Pique reveals how Pep Guardiola once 'SCOLDED' and fined him at Barcelona for wearing short sleeves in the snow because he was 'putting his health at risk'... before making him pay for a meal for all his team-mates!

Former Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has opened up on the time he got in trouble with Pep Guardiola - for wearing short sleeves.

Club stalwart Pique retired in November, midway into his 15th season at the club after coming through the youth system.

He worked with Guardiola during the latter's four-year spell at the Nou Camp between 2008-2012.

And the 36-year-old veteran has revealed he was 'scolded' and fined by taskmaster Guardiola, now at Manchester City, for failing to dress warmly enough in cold weather.

He said: 'Once it was very cold in Barcelona, but I was wearing short sleeves.