Despite his youth, Pedri does not stop adding gallons in Barcelona and in the National Team. The most recent is to hang the 10 on the back: “When you arrive they give you a number to choose. I saw it free, in the Euro I wore 26 and I mightn’t choose it once more… it’s a number that I like. I know important people have worn it and it doesn’t bother me”.
However, despite its importance, does not consider himself a leader: “I don’t have that virtue, others do it better than me. I don’t see myself as a leader of anything. The group depends on everyone being united and rowing in the same direction“. In fact, he admits that sometimes he stops to think regarding everything that has happened to him in recent years: “Everything happens very quickly. Two seasons ago I played in Las Palmas, now in the National Team and Barça… I try to enjoy little by little what is happening to me. But sometimes I come home and reflect… it’s crazy. But I’m happy and looking forward to continuing to enjoy it.”
What Pedri also carries with normality is the comparisons with Iniesta: “It’s an honor to be compared to your idol. It’s not something you hear every day. That means you are doing things right. But it is difficult to get to what he did; crazy as a player and as a person. It’s a motivation to keep improving every day.”
