“I don’t see myself as the leader of anything”

Pedro Gonzalez He has become the franchise player for Barcelona and the national team. At 19 years old and with the 10 of La Roja, he carries it normally and without putting too much pressure on himself. “I take it very calmly, I have to take weight off myself. The team is more important than a player”. If it is true that everything has gone very fast, he himself admitted. “Two years ago he played for Las Palmas and now for the national team and for Barça” and he showed himself “eager to continue facing it”.

In the national team he wears number 10 since the last game against Albania in Barcelona. He also took iron off the matter. “They give you to choose the number by number of caps, I saw it free and I like it.” Without further ado, a calm guy with his feet on the ground, also the result of his family’s work. “I don’t rehearse it. My family always helps me with this and I am very grateful to them. They have prepared me very well.”

Despite the accolades and being a key player on the pitch, at his age he prefers others to pull the team off the pitch due to experience and track record. “I don’t have that virtue. I don’t see myself as a leader of anything, the group depends on us all being united. That is more important,” he insisted.

Speaking of leadership, he highlighted the role played by the coach, Luis Enrique: “He means a lot in this group. I think he helps us a lot and I hope he stays a long time for the good of the team.”

Connection with Gavi

The Canarian player highlighted the connection he has with Gavibut he fled from comparisons with the couple Xavi and Iniesta. “Hopefully, but it’s very difficult to do what they did. I have a spectacular relationship with him, I have a special appreciation for him and I think he has very good potential.” In this sense, Pedri was once again compared to Iniesta, now in the Japanese Vissel Kobe. “It means that you are doing things well, but it is very difficult to do the things that he did.”

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