Speaking on The Big Interview with Graham Hunter, Luuk De Jong has been discussing his Barcelona teammate and reported Liverpool transfer target, Pedri.
The Spanish midfielder has been lighting up La Liga for the past 18 months, and De Jong has been able to watch the midfielder go about his business first-hand in training.
De Jong says that he noticed how special Pedri is as soon as he arrived at Barca, noting how he always seems to know what to do with the ball no matter where he receives it and how many players are around him.
What’s been said?
De Jong spoke with Hunter about Pedri.
“I know what you mean, I noticed directly when I came here and we were playing possession games, every ball he got, he knew what to do and where to play to even between three or four players, it’s just talent, it’s just a pure talent that he has,” De Jong said.
Mini Thiago
An intelligent midfielder who knows what to do every single time he gets the ball, Pedri sounds like a younger version of Thiago Alancatara to us.
Pedri certainly has that edge about him that Thiago does, while his majestic quality on the ball is there for all to see.
Pedri may not be a La Masia graduate like Thiago, but he certainly possesses that same level of instinctive quality and unbelievable drive that you would associate with a Barcelona academy graduate.
Pedri is already a star, and if Liverpool can sign him, they could continue to dominate the Premier League for years to come.
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