The history behind the signing of Pedri by the Barcelona

The Barcelona midfield player, Pedri González, has turn all a feeling of the Barcelona thanks to the football that has showed in what it goes of season of LaLiga. Afterwards to complete his signing in summer, and also for having only 18 years, considered that it played in the Boat B, but Ronald Koeman, when seeing at first hand the skill of the youngster from the UD The Palms, remained so surprised that today already is a key piece.

But the one who Koeman have the good luck to have to Pedri in the Barcelona staff has to no only to a lot of investigation, work, negotiations with his ancient team and follow-up by part of the authorities of the club, but also to a casualidad of the destination that avoided that this finished being fichado by the Real Madrid two years before.

Refused by the Real Madrid

It was in February of 2018, when Pedri had pautada a proof with the Real Madrid, this after the technician of the UD The Palms, Pepe Mel, spoke him to Emilio Butragueño (director of the Real Madrid) of the quality of the midfield player. However, by incredible that seem, was refused as a result of a big snowfall the day of the proof that prevented him shine.

A year before, the today ex sportive director of the Canarian team, Rocco Maiorino, put in contact by telephone with the current technical secretary of the Barcelona, Ramón Plans. The aim of the call was to speak him of the quality of the young. At the same time, the ancient technical secretary of The Palms, Toni Otero, did the same with the ex director of professional formative football of the culés José Mari Bakero.

Previous reports on Pedri

So many Plans like Bakero agreed to do a follow-up of the Spanish midfield player to verify if the references that arrived them are real, by what both asked to the 'scouter' of the Barça in Andalucia, José María Warden, that ascertained the skill of the young in the field, taking advantage of also that The Palms did a mini pre-season in Marbella. In a first report, Warden described to Pedri, like a different "footballer", in addition to that was called to "do something big in the football".

With a first very positive report on the technical qualities of the player, Plans asked him to Warden a new confidential report on the youngster, report where the 'scouter' collects information on the familiar surroundings of Pedri. There it discovered, between other things, that the youngster always has been fan of the Barça, besides that his grandfather is founder of the crag of the Barcelona club in his hometown.

The negotiation and the agreement

Bakero, by his part, also approved that Pedri was fichado no only after receiving all the information collected on him, but also after seeing it in direct during the homage to Rubén Castro in front of the Betis. Immediately, Plans asked to the club that did an effort for fichar to the young and the right hand of the CEO Óscar Grau, Franc Carbó, put to negotiate beside Plans with the director of the UD The Palms, Patricio Viñales, as well as also with Héctor Peris, the one who is agent of the today Barcelona player.

The Canarian club had haste for collecting money, whereas the team negotiator of the Barça wanted to close fast the operation before the value of Pedri shot with the start of the season. The Catalan group finish agreeing his purchase by 5 fixed millions, but that they can arrive to 25 with some variables. In the agreement, also engaged to yield it a year to the UD The Palms.