Luis Campos had gone to supervise Pedri

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Bought by FC Barcelona from Las Palmas in 2019 and arrived in Catalonia a year later, Pedri (23 years old) is one of the new stars of the football world. And if the Blaugranas are rubbing their hands at having beaten the competition, Luis Campos revealed that he too had spotted the young Spanish midfielder.

“A few years ago I went to see Pedri play. It was the second time I saw him, I was already on him when he played in Las Palmas. This is a match for the Spanish under-17 team. There were six of us scouts at the edge of the field to watch him. After the matches, we often went to dinner with each other, we chatted and shared our ideas and impressions. Today, it has become impossible. If you go to a U17 World Cup, there are no longer 5 but a thousand scouts! They fill an entire platform alone. It shows the importance that scouting has taken on in the world of football.he declared in an interview with TF1.