Barça midfielder Pedro González López, better known as Pedri, has shown his great physical change on the cover of Men's Health after dedicating himself to developing his muscles with more sport, as he has shown in recent months on social networks. Although he has started the season injured, it is evident that the Canarian footballer is in very good shape.
At 20 years old, he becomes the youngest footballer to appear on the cover of this men's publication. In the interview Pedri talks about his name, injuries, croquettes, what he has learned from Xavi and Luis Enrique, playing in the Kings League, his teammates Gavi and Eric García and that he knows that he is here to stay in the football scene.
Pedri acknowledges in the interview that it is not a lot of "wasting too much time in front of the mirror" and says that one of his hobbies is playing the Playstation because it connects him with his friends in Tenerife. He has also revealed that, although he would be embarrassed to fight in front of so many people, he would love to prepare for Ibai Llanos' Evening IV.
As for his name, which is a diminutive of Pedro, he says that for the moment he prefers to be called that. "Maybe at 60 years old I'll get tired and ask to be called Pedro, but for now I'm comfortable being Pedri. Even my mother and my brother call me that," he said in the Men's Health interview.
He has also spoken about one of the sporting phenomena of last year, Gerard Piqué's Kings League. This is a format that does attract the Canarian footballer, but his contract with Barça does not allow him to participate. "I would like to play in the Kings League but they wouldn't let me... But if I weren't at Barça or had a contract, I would be happy to play it. I follow it a lot. I go with the Troncos, and as president, with Perxitaa, who is from my team," Has revealed.
Pedri has learned from two big names in football, "from Xavi Hernández I have learned something that I didn't do so much and now I do a lot: look before receiving... And from Luis Enrique, above all, to compete and know how to transmit what you want" . Pedri is compared to Iniesta, but, although it is a source of pride for him, he is clear: "I have to make my own career. I have to be Pedri."
He has also spoken about two of his teammates at Barça. "I took Gavi in the car every day but now that he has gotten his license I won't see him as much anymore. He would be very embarrassed to make this cover. For his part, Eric García assures that "he is going to say that he has Photoshop." .
