Pedri: “Madrid didn't want to sign me”

Pedri, the young pearl that belongs to Barça and that this season he has excelled in Segunda with Las Palmas, he spoke with DjMaRiiO on the Post United YouTube channel. The attacker, who will carry out the preseason with the culé first team, was very excited about his signing, revealed that Real Madrid did not want to sign him in his day and did not rule out a possible transfer.

-Why do they call you Pedri?: “Since I was little there was always another boy named Pedro in my team, and since I was skinny, they called me that.”

-Pre-season with Barça: “I start this year with Barça, on the 12th. Let's see what happens.”

-Tension: “The nerves are normal for the players who are going to see you there. As I have been in the Second Division and I have gained experience I am more relaxed”.

-You win for the season to start: “10. I want him to start now and see if I have a place at Barça”.

-Real Madrid: “Two or three years ago I went to do the tests. I was there for a week, but they told me to keep working, they didn't count on me, they didn't want to sign me.”

-Signing for Barça: “Last year, when I started the preseason with Las Palmas, before ending it Barça had already signed me. With the preseason games I had already signed, it was my dream since I was little. Much better that Barça called me and have this opportunity”.

-Train with Messi: “When I see him I'll get nervous. He's the best in the world. But on the field I forget who I'm playing with and I spend it like someone else. I'm excited to meet everyone, they're great and I'm going to enjoy doing a lot. the preseason and, if I stay, the whole year. “

-Objective: “Try to stay in the first team, play as much as possible and have minutes to continue progressing.”

-Barça style: “I've been watching him since I was little, I like his football and I can fit in well, I like the style of teaming up and having the ball.”

-Best virtue: “Dribbling. I am not very fast, the best I have is dribbling and agility. The court player is losing, you go to sports centers and you see them there. Football is more and more physical, and I think Thats not all”.

-Aspect to improve: “The physical aspect. In Second it took its toll on me. They hit you and move you three meters.”

-Possible assignment: I would see it well if I don't have the opportunity. There are offers from German teams that are very good. I wouldn't mind trying abroad, the important thing is to play and keep growing. You have to arrive, work as hard as possible to be able to stay. Let's see if I have the opportunity to fulfill my dream since I was little.

-Sensations: “I am going to be with the best, I think it is an illusion that you have had from a very young age and, personally, I am going to eat the world. To work like the best and find a place”.

-Family: “My father has a Barça club in Tenerife, I have been a culé since I was little. My parents are always proud and give me advice so that my head does not go away, which is very important. We have seen players who stand out and then lose because The head of football is going away. I am very grateful to them, that is what is going to keep me progressing “.

-Idol: “My idol has always been Iniesta, because of the way he played. He was very smart, nobody took the ball from him. Now I like De Jong or Laudrup, that my father made me watch his videos”.

-Press: “Sometimes they put pressure with the headlines comparing you with other players. I take it as motivation, if they compare you it is because you are doing well.”

-Match videos: “I watch all the matches I can, I love watching football and, above all, my repeated matches to see where I fail.”

-House in Barcelona: “I have nothing yet. My brother is coming with me, he has studied cooking and makes my food that way.”

-Tenerife: “I'm going to miss the weather. It's always sunny here, it's always good weather. And especially my friends, who've grown up with them since I was little.”

-Football at school: “They always caught me and my other friend, they never let us be on the same team. Those things happen at school, they have always happened to me.”