FC Barcelona, with Josep Maria Bartomeu and Ramon Planes as protagonists, presented this Thursday to Pedri gonzalez as a new reinforcement for the future for the culé team, after the young Canarian player signed his contract and gave his first touches of the ball on the pitch of the Camp Nou. In the subsequent press conference, Pedri pronounced his first words already like Barcelona.
“It’s a dream since I was little, I didn’t think this was going to happen. I want to enjoy and grow with the best in the world”he said, assuring that this last season he has tried to evade a bit of the pressure in the ranks of UD Las Palmas. “Signing for a club like this is something that doesn’t happen every day. It fills you with the desire to do things. I tried to avoid a bit in the last year to be calm. “
“My idol is Iniesta and now I want to learn from the best, who is here and I want him to stay”
Pedri is clear that his great idol is Andrés Iniesta, but he hopes that Leo messi, whom you consider the best footballer in the world, stay with FC Barcelona to learn from him. “I am a footballer who likes to have the ball. My idol is Iniesta and now I want to learn from the best, who is here and I want him to stay, “the 17-year-old talent showed convinced.
He faces the challenge of playing for FC Barcelona with more enthusiasm than pressure, and with the will to improve to meet the team’s goals and the high expectations that have been placed on him. “You have to take the pressure off from the first moment. You must have enthusiasm to enjoy each day and that everything goes well, “he said.
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Pedri wants to write his name in the history of Barça
Regarding his name, he does not believe that they will stop calling him with the diminutive Pedri despite the fact that he ends up becoming a great star. One more sample of humility of the young canary. “I’ve had it since I was little and I’m glad I have it. I have no problem calling me Pedri. My family calls me that “, he assured before the cameras.
It is not yet clear if he will be able to stay in the first team this same campaign under the orders of Ronald KoemanAlthough Pedri is clear that this is his wish, even ahead of a loan to another First team. “The first option is to stay here and enjoy with the best, although the transfer is not an option that I discard”he points out. With the maximum enthusiasm, Pedri has arrived to write his name in culé history.
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