Barcelona has had to be smart on the transfer market for the past five years because of their well -documented financial problems. Signing players prior to the curve is essential, and that is precisely that they did with Pedri.
The midfielder, who has developed into one of the world's best in his position, was signed in 2020 as a 17-year-old. It was taken a risk at the time, but it was one that certainly paid off. And it was made by then director Ramon Planes, who spoke during an interview with Sport about the Spain International.
“I was told about a young player at Las Palmas, whose level head and shoulders stood above the rest of his teammates. We looked at him for three games and it was enough – we knew. We decided to sign him, although we rarely go for players who are young. That player was Pedri. My team and I just trusted on our stomach.”
Aircraft, which was in Barcelona between 2018 and 2021, also revealed that Alexander Isak, who is currently being chased by Liverpool as part of a deal with Newcastle United that would cost well of more than € 120 million, could have made the switch to the Spotify Camp Nou when he was still in real Sociedad.
“We had tried to find a replacement in such a difficult position for a long time. Now I think it's funny when they are talking about Isak, who is in a negotiation and with a very important offer from Liverpool. A player with whom we talked to his agent was at La Real and our idea was to look for a replacement for Luis for Squad player who would be a Squad player who would be a squader player -player player player player -would be the player at the start of a squad player.
“This change process was of course, but okay, it couldn't, but I think it is the key in clubs to know that players can leave at the right time and that the accession of the new generations is in a clean way.”