Written by David Álvarez, Juan I. Irigoyen, Ladislao Moñino, Jon Rivas, Rafael Pineda and Juan L. Cudeiro for El País:
Pedri is the face of Adidas’s advertising campaign in Spain ahead of the Euros, but in many ways the story of his last few seasons has been more cock-up than pin-up. Since he burst onto the scene in 2020-21, with Xavi gushing that “Iniesta is the greatest talent I have ever seen in Spanish football, and Pedri is close to him”, the 21-year-old has been dogged by injuries. In that season, between Barcelona and the national team, he played 73 games and his body said enough. In three seasons since then he has missed 75 matches, most with muscle injuries. He returned from the most recent in April, just in time for the Champions League quarter-final against Paris St-Germain, and following Barça’s elimination from that competition had one goal in mind: Germany 2024. He is the face of Adidas, and also of the future of Luis de la Fuente’s team.