Statistically he is one of the best as well.
8 - Pedri
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Statistically he is one of the best as well.
The year is 2030. The Puig vs Pedri debate rages on.
Pedri has established himself as starter for Spain and Barcelona. Puig the eternal enigma is now a top 3 midfielder in the world but still waiting for the manager to give him a chance.
After the Puig/Pedri wars of 2028, the ruins of the old world lay dust to the potential of the new.
Patiently waiting, refusing to go on loan, and with a golf handicap of -5, could 2031, finally, be the year of the Puig?
Pedri has established himself as starter for Spain and Barcelona. Puig the eternal enigma is now a top 3 midfielder in the world but still waiting for the manager to give him a chance.
After the Puig/Pedri wars of 2028, the ruins of the old world lay dust to the potential of the new.
Patiently waiting, refusing to go on loan, and with a golf handicap of -5, could 2031, finally, be the year of the Puig?
Bobo32
Senior Member
I still prefer Puig, especially stylistically of course but also qualitatively. Will be fun to see Puig again this preseason and hopefully in la liga too later!
It will also be interesting to see Pedri in the olympics. Spain are pretty clear favourites, and skimming through the squads it seems only Brazil (with Dani Alves!) can compete in terms of names Bobo32 is aware of... But let's see. In any way, Pedri will be the clear star again, I guess he played like that in Las Palmas... In Barcelona and also in Spain, he has still been a sort of complementary player, even if he was the only one to be named in the all-star team.
edit: and to be honest, if he takes Spain to gold in the olympics in a somewhat spectacular way, he could be listed pretty high in the balloon door competition.
It will also be interesting to see Pedri in the olympics. Spain are pretty clear favourites, and skimming through the squads it seems only Brazil (with Dani Alves!) can compete in terms of names Bobo32 is aware of... But let's see. In any way, Pedri will be the clear star again, I guess he played like that in Las Palmas... In Barcelona and also in Spain, he has still been a sort of complementary player, even if he was the only one to be named in the all-star team.
edit: and to be honest, if he takes Spain to gold in the olympics in a somewhat spectacular way, he could be listed pretty high in the balloon door competition.
IvanAtanasov
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Luftstalag14
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So he is going to Tokyo after all. A bit disappointed. Did we even put up a fight at all? Or Pedri himself insisted on going?
Don't forget Maricky will have to witness Pedri lift Golden boy award in front of him. That will fire him up and show his insane cheerleading skill from the bench.
Statistically it's still rather good to get the award ;-) Most of them (>50% easily) succeeded. If you compare that to the other top talents, who didn't get the award, and just disappeared.
Bobo32
Senior Member
Pato and Balotelli were very much overhyped when they were very young because they were young.
Gotze had his illness I guess, I didn't read up on it too much but stuff like this can happen, maybe he was going to be pretty great otherwise.
Anderson was the type of midfielder who could dominate sometimes due to his physique but I think there was a lack of professionalism too, on top of lack of potential?
Even though I think a lot of people overrate Pedri right now, I think he is more promising than those players you list ever were.
fergus90
Senior Member
Don't get me wrong I'm pleased for him and think he's a tremendous player. Just interesting to see players you forget were so promising at one point in time and how things turn out sometimes.
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