Pedri Gets New Jersey Number As Leeds United Coach Resigns To Losing Raphinha

Written By Onyeka Daniel

Barcelona are already putting in the works towards having a great season as they prepare to give Real Madrid a better challenge than last season.

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With many activities on the transfer market, they club are also putting some touches to their squad and they’ve announced that their young midfielder, Pedro will be wearing the number 8 jersey for the new season.

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The teenager inherits Andres Iniesta’s old number to fulfil a lifelong dream and it was worn by Dani Alves last season but was left vacant after the Brazilian departed the club.

This is in line with his growing status for the club. He broke into Barcelona’s first team at the beginning of the 2020/21 season, just after he had joined the Catalan club from Las Palmas.

And he quickly established himself as a key player for both club and country, becoming ever-present in Ronald Koeman’s side.

That summer he went to Euro 2020 and consolidated his status as perhaps the most exciting young midfielder in the European game before going to the Olympic Games with Luis de la Fuente’s team.

Injury disrupted his 2021/22 campaign, but that hasn’t stopped him from showing his brilliance in the few games he’s played, with his beautiful goal against Sevilla towards the end of the season coming to mind.

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English Premier League side, Leeds United seemed to have given up on the idea of keeping Brazilian winger, Raphinha, according to the words of their coach, Jesse March.

Leeds are preparing to go to Australia for their pre-season training tour and he was asked if Raphinha would be part of the travelling party. “My guess is, I don’t know. We just have to wait and see what happens in the next couple of days.”

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“There’s urgency from his end, I think, to come up with a solution. We have to in the next couple of days see how things stand and see how we go.” Marsch was also keen to highlight his professionalism and explained that nobody was in the dark about his situation.

“He showed up today and trained with everybody, he had such a good attitude. We had a very open and honest conversation about while he’s here he’s part of us, and then we’ll see what happens. It’s still a long way to go in the transfer window.”

“I know he has hopes and dreams. I know he loves this team and this club and he loves being here. We’ll see how things progress day by day.”

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