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im definitely interested in the Jude and Pablo drabble... please post it😫

tw: nsfw, size kink, hate sex, rivalry, rough oral sex, minors dni.

— “Size does matter” Jude Bellingham and Pablo Gavi

It’s probably not his fault. Not entirely, anyway, it’s just that it’s too obvious. Too noticeable.

Pablo, he means. Barcelona’s golden boy. The title didn’t mean too much to Jude, he already won that award last year, pretty easily so if his ego permitted him to admit. Madrid’s marketing did really go far long, didn’t it?

But that wasn’t really what made Jude feel bad, really. It’s Gavi’s height. And his body. And everything.

It became almost overwhelming to him when he noticed it; Pablo was really small. Hell, he could totally beat him up and the guy wouldn’t stand a chance, but that’s not what he really wants to do with him.

It’s almost funny, Jude notes. He’s so small, but so full of energy and will, it’s like his body was made of seventy percent determination and twenty percent water, albeit one or two percent of that had a little bit of poor emotional regulation.

Maybe that’s what made Gavi so endearing to half of the population. That he wore his heart on his sleeve, that he presented himself quite authentically, just as he was on the interior.

His chest too small for his big heart to fit into. It’s not saying much though, Jude snorts dryly, Gavi was really small. Wasn’t even like the guy was skinny or anything, the barcelonista stole the attention of his eyes plenty of times, his body was toned and his skin seemed just so soft.

But he wasn’t thin at all, even Pedri was way thinner than him.

Maybe he’s overthinking. Obsessed with the entire image of Pablo’s body even. He shouldn’t even be thinking about another man like that, he’s got a career and priorities that he has to take care of, like his younger brother throwing a little bit of a fit because of some girl. Or the fact that he just lost the European Championship to Spain.

He can’t. He can’t stop thinking about it. Because that’s all his male brain spits at him when he sees Pablo at the other side of the stadium, celebrating his win.

Smiling, like he ever did something to deserve that happiness.

He avoids Cole Palmer’s look when the blond straight up ignores his handshake. He’d talk about it later, when his own emotional block stops and he can start actually feeling anything other than ‘void’.

Jude walks just beside the trophy, that’s already decorated with Spain’s ugly colors, just tacky red and yellow. His steps feel heavy, even breathing is hard for him. He can sense his own lungs contracting and letting loose one again.

Losing takes the form of a bitter taste on his tongue. It’s ugly, it’s accompanied of despair and it’s everything he didn’t plan for.

It’s everything that Pablo Gavi isn’t feeling at that moment. He can almost taste the victory from the pretty boy’s mouth, and now he’s getting closer and closer. Jude feels in a trance, he can’t make something of whatever Pablo is saying at him, some bullshit about second place in Spanish, probably.

He doesn’t care. He never cared for what being a madridista meant for the blaugrana men. He’s English, he recognizes that he doesn’t feel the rivalry as his own, but he can empathize with the fear of losing, so there’s that.

And it’s so stupid, how Pablo looks at him triumphant, like this is such an important moment for him, like this means something. Like he’s Cristiano at forty with his career ending right now. He’s not. He’s a talented twenty something with lots of projection for the future. Gavi is a failure of La Masía, injured and barely walking like a normal person.

Jude is getting mad, mainly at himself for not hating the gorgeous boy that’s looking at him through his lashes, teasingly demeaning him with an adorable Spaniard accent. He should be disgusted, should push him to the green hard ground of the field.

He doesn’t. Jude looks at him in the eye, with curiosity, like he’s watching some scientific experiment with a really stupid rat lab, fixating on every move that Gavi makes.

“And you’re second! I can’t believe it! Joder, que te hemos ganado!” He says, his hazel eyes glowing in the artificial light of the stadium.

Jude feels drunk in a bad way, time is slowing down like he smoked something thirty minutes ago and Pablo’s monologue is getting slurred.

He can’t stand it. Not like this. Not with how easy he could grab Pablo’s arm and throw him around like he deserves to. Jude’s sanity is clearly disappearing, he can feel it sliding down his spine, pinching him. Gavi’s densely annoying rich boy accent doesn’t help him either.

It’s not his fault. Pablo is annoyingly pretty, and totally crushable, like some insect he can get rid off easily with the sole of his expensive sneakers. It’s childish, but the need is clearly there.

So he indulges into it, posing his big hand on the back of Pablo’s neck, pushing him to walk forcefully at his side, like they were friends; resembling a bond that was not there, just for the cameras.

He could see how Gavi tensed and changed his facial expression to something a little bit uncomfortable, his eyebrows were almost knitted to each other and his lips formed a nervous curved line.

And it was exactly as he thought so, Gavi was weaker than him, couldn’t fight or back off even he was in serious danger.

“M’sorry” Gavi said, “I was just teasing, it’s just banter, sorry”.

Fucking brat, Jude didn’t respond. He just continued to guide Gavi’s body towards the hallway of the stadium, searching for somewhere more private.

The cameras didn’t even flinch at them disappearing, the public was more focused on celebrating the win or just taking pics of the actual players on the pitch.

Jude scanned through the doors and stairs of the space, finding in some barren corner a door with the ‘storage’ sign in a foreign language. Fucking Germans and their weird wording.

He lowered his hand now that the cameras weren’t looking, placing his calloused fingers on Gavi’s waist. So tiny. Jude heard the other man’s breathing hitch almost whimper airily.

So this was affecting Pablo at the same intensity as it was affecting him. News flash. The insanity of this exclusive situation altered the cute midfielder too.

God, so maddening. He squeezes the curve of his waist, reminding him of how useless fighting back is going to be. Someone of his size couldn’t possibly get him off in a real struggle. Gavi whimpers, biting his lip.

“Whore” He whispers into Gavi’s ear, his hot air hitting him. “I’m going to break you in half”.

He’s almost sure Gavi is pretty entitled and possibly did refuse to learn English in the past, but he can see that he understood what Jude told him right there. His face, now totally bewildered, exploded in pretty pink colors. He was blushing.

They entered the storage room, it was small, closet-like, just enough space for the two of them to breathe in each other’s faces. He pushed Gavi’s body towards the cold surface of some shelf, looking down at him, noticing just how frail he really was.

It made him so hungry. Like he was king starved and now there was a big plate of his favorite meal in front of him, just waiting to be sexually cannibalized on. The air hung heavy on them, the realization of what they were really going to do was now crawling under their skins.

He pushed through it, through whatever this meant for Pablo. It wasn’t his place to care for it, he just had an itch he needed to scratch badly.

“Take your jersey off” he commanded to him, already pissed off at how red looked amazing on Gavi.

White would look more elegant. More classy.

Gavi did, he took off the garment, not breaking eye contact if possible. Venomous.

Jude aggressively took his own jersey off and grabbed Gavi’s neck with just one hand. His long fingers made a good collar for the barcelonista’s neck, pressing lightly. Pablo moaned, his eyes half closed, full of incomprehensible lust.

“Put it on, quickly”.

He released his grip on Pablo’s neck and threw the shirt at him, watched how Gavi’s pathetically small hands trembled while putting the piece of clothing on.

Holy shit.

“¿Qué?” Oh, maybe Jude said that out loud.

“Nothing,” Jude went back to his stoic look, “White looks good on you”.

Pablo’s look, full of empty hatred fueled his own lust. Culé at heart dressed in white. Humiliation must be burning in his stomach.

But Pablo was hard, the tent of his shorts showed him just that. Was he really into the whole being the bitch of a madrid player thing? That was a new low, it made Jude smile.

Gavi was just as pitiable as he thought. Could bark and try to bite as many times as he wanted to, that wouldn’t change the fact that he’s weak in physicality, biologically inferior.

“Get on your knees”.

Jude didn’t wait for Gavi to move, he shoved him down, using little force. Pablo’s little prince hairstyle was now messy, his curls running wild because of the new hot boiling temperature. He was sure Gavi could feel how warm his bulge felt, even when his face was pressed against it with shorts on.

He couldn’t possibly get harder, the view was amazing, Pablo’s face length matched the length of his clothed dick, that Gavi was caressing with his cheek.

“You’re so big, joder, qué pollón” Gavi whispered, and for some reason, Jude thought that would probably be the dirtiest thing that someone could ever be able to say in Spanish.

Goosebumps ran all through his pelvis, electricity burning high. Not wanting to wait any longer, he pulled down his shorts and boxers, his cock jumping back lewdly to his stomach hung heavy.

It’d be impossible for Pablo to take it all in. It was probably like nine inches. Almost as long as his face. He compared the size of his cock to Gavi, pleasantly surprised about how pliant the man was being with someone who was spreading pre cum on his nose and cheek.

“Yeah, fuck that’s it, lick it. That’s what you want, right? Some good dick to keep you calm” He groaned, rubbing the fat tip of his cock into Gavi’s mouth.

Pablo gave his dick kitten licks, almost scared of the girth. It was so thick, Pablo would have to open his mouth completely to take it in.

Jude was not a patient man with people he hooked up with. He opened the other’s lips with his middle finger, forcing him to suck on the metaphorically offensive digit. Once he got tired of the sight of Gavi’s little mouth struggling, he lined up his cock with his mouth, grabbing Pablo by the back of his head.

There was no running back now.

Not when Pablo had his shirt on, looking absolutely oversized on him, with a hard on between his legs just by the proposition of sucking some madridista off in a storage closet.

Slut.

“Wait, no, it’s not going to fi-” Gavi choked on his cock, closed his eyes and tried to get Jude to back off.

He couldn’t. Bellingham was already fucking his mouth now.

Pablo’s mouth was hot and wet, his tongue laid flat at the bottom, just taking that dick like he could. His lips were made thicker rounding the thick girth of him, stretching his jaw painfully.

Jude sighed blissfully, the tight feeling felt amazing for him, like he was consumed by a pool of wet heat. Inch by inch, he pushed his cock inside, deeper and deeper, totally fixated on how overwhelmed Pablo appeared below him.

Where he belonged.

Pablo’s little hands rested on his thighs, trying to push him back. Didn’t work, he was already swinging his hips back and forward, chasing the high of Gavi’s mouth.

Gavi was gagging, making choked sounds every second, and his eyes were crossing towards his the bridge of his nose, disassociating a little.

Was he passing out? Jude could not care less. Maybe he’d use his mouth better that way. He looked dumb and out of it regardless.

But now that Gavi’s characteristically present strength was just shining by its absence, Bellingham could force him to deep throat, feeling his nose brush against his lower stomach, making it even harder for him to breathe.

Jude fucked his mouth roughly then, not pulling more than one inch out of his mouth, content on how Gavi’s uvula grazed his cock. The back of his throat felt amazing.

Gavi was struggling, trying to pull back, but Jude didn’t let him, cupping the back of his head forward with his arm.

“Take it, shit, don’t fucking pull back, yes, that’s it, good boy” He praised when Pablo stopped moving his head back.

Tears were forming in Pablo’s eyes. But he didn’t look sad, his honeyed eyes were full of lust, apparently he did have a thing for praise.

Something hot boiled inside of Jude exponentially, growing more and more, tensing the elastic until it was just about to snap.

He was so close. Gavi was now looking up at him, wet lashes, face dirty with pre cum and drool, tears too.

Every time Pablo moaned the vibrations went to his dick, stimulating him more and more. He wasn’t fighting anymore, his arms, like some sex doll, went down, letting Jude do whatever he wanted with his mouth.

Jude let out a grunt, rapidly increasing the rhythm of his hips moving, just abusing Gavi’s mouth. Pablo’s gagging sounds echoed on the walls, lewd symphony that Jude loved.

Loved how this was the right sequence of events that should happen. This was what he needed. To remind Pablo what he was really useful for, instead of some stupid tournament where he didn’t even play.

So, so close, he could almost taste the glory that was robbed out of him before on the pitch.

Jude Bellingham felt his orgasm all through his body and right out of his dick, felt how the cum spilled out of him in the most intense way that he ever experienced. The elastic band snapping inside of him, leaving his legs feeling like jelly.

He rode his climax with his cock bottomed out in Gavi’s mouth, his cum spilling right inside of his throat.

He quickly pulled out of Pablo, letting him finally breathe. The blaugrana player coughed roughly, almost throwing up all of the cum that he had inside of his stomach now, hands resting on the ground, not looking at him. Still coughing, tears came out of his eyes, Gavi was crying.

“Thank you, thank you, mnh” Pablo tried to say, his voice was completely destroyed and he was still almost about to vomit. He didn’t, he swallowed most of Jude’s cum back.

Pablo was a mess, his face full of fluids, puffy eyes and a fucked out expression, he was totally out of it.

Jude pulled his pants back up, grabbed a pen that was on the shelf and wrote his phone number on Gavi’s arm.

He took Pablo’s Spain jersey, put it on, and left him, to be found in that state.

(…)

A/N — Hi! I hope you liked this! I usually don’t write a lot in English because I don’t feel confident enough so I’m really hoping that this felt natural! If you have any feedback please let me know <3

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Pedri: The island boy with the world at his feet

(via The Athletic - December 2020)

“It is very easy to say it now but the people who know me know that it’s true,” Ruben Delgado tells The Athletic. “When Pedri was nine years old, he reminded me of Iniesta. I always say that the first time I saw him, I knew he had something special."

“His way of playing — everything very simple but very important at the same time. He was not looking to nutmeg people or do lots of stepovers: just the simple thing and the right thing. He was just different: the way he saw football, understood the game, found spaces nobody else could, the maturity he had compared to his team-mates. That is very difficult to find in the world of football but he does it. And it does remind you of Iniesta; looking for the simple thing. It’s a gift. Not very common in football.”

Delgado is a youth football coach with the team in Tegueste, a village on the island of Tenerife. When Pedro Gonzalez Lopez, known then as now as Pedri, turned nine, Andres Iniesta had scored Spain’s winning goal in the World Cup final the year before and later that season won the third of his eventual four Champions League trophies with Barcelona.

Iniesta was also then maybe the most popular footballer in Spain, winning over team-mates, opponents and neutrals with a becoming mix of quiet good manners off the pitch and unshowy genius as he decided games for club and country.

So it was quite something to say that this shy young kid was like Iniesta, but Delgado has not changed his mind over the eight years since he first started coaching a shy, unassuming boy with the gift for playing simple but special football who has settled naturally into the Barcelona midfield since his arrival last summer.

“Pedri just transmitted something different than the other kids of his age,” he says. “Not just how he played with the ball but the respect he showed to his teammates, rival players, the coaches, everyone. One game he scored a super goal, dribbling (past) many players and finishing it perfectly. All of us on the sideline — our fans, and the opposition too — all just had to applaud. At the end of the game, I asked him, ‘Pedri, how did you do that?’ and he just looked at me and said, ‘I don’t know. it just came out naturally’. And I told him, ‘No, no, Pedri — that is not natural’.”

Pedri was born in November 2002 — just a few weeks after Iniesta made his Barcelona first-team debut — in Tegueste, a small town in the northwest of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands.

He was also born into Barcelona — given that, eight years previously, his grandfather Fernando Rodriguez had established the Peña Barcelonista de Tenerife-Tegueste, one of the first official Barcelona supporters clubs in the Canary Islands. Pedri’s father, also Fernando, still runs it, along with family friend Oscar Ledesma.

“Tegueste is a small town of around 10,000 people, with a healthy rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid supporters, and the Rodriguez family were always known as ‘the Catalans’ as they were all Barca fans,” Ledesma tells The Athletic. “His grandfather was president of the town’s football club (Union Deportiva Tegueste) for many years and also president of the ‘Lucha Canaria’ club (a local form of wrestling developed by the Guanches, the earliest known natives of the archipelago off the north west African coast). His father was a goalkeeper for many years and had some trials with Tenerife, although he never played for them. The family has a restaurant here in Tegueste, which was established by his grandfather. His grandmother worked there, now his parents, his uncles; they all work together.”

Naturally, Pedri and his older brother Fernando (the third generation) began to play for Tegueste’s youth teams, where Delgado was their coach. Although two years younger than his brother, Pedri’s displays soon started to draw attention in their hometown and elsewhere on the island.

“There were people who came to our games just to watch Pedri,” Delgado says. “There was admiration from the parents of the other kids, from the opposition teams. He did not stand out just for the way he played: his dribbling or finishing, like some kids of this age do. With him, it was his maturity and way of understanding football, knowing very quickly to take the correct decision in every moment. You do not see that very often in a kid of nine or ten years old. People could see the potential that he had but also how humble he was, how normal. Tegueste is a small place where everybody knows their neighbours and it’s a family club which transmits those values — respect for referees and opponents, friendliness, to enjoy yourself.”

Tenerife-born Pedro was an important player in Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Barcelona team of that time, while the Spain side which won Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012 had David Silva, from the neighbouring island of Gran Canaria. Lionel Messi was by now the favourite player of most Barcelona-supporting kids the world over. However, the young Pedri and his father had a clear idea of who his model players should be.

“Pedri always says that Iniesta was his hero and his reference from when he used to go to the peña (supporters’ club) to watch the games with his father and grandfather,” says Ledesma. “He also spoke a lot about (Michael) Laudrup, even though he moved to Madrid and he never saw him play for Barca. His father used to show him videos.”

When the family realised that Pedri needed to be challenged more on the pitch, the two brothers joined Juventud Laguna, a bigger club in San Cristobal de La Laguna, still just a 10-minute drive from home.

“Pedri was the smallest on the team but every coach he had could see that they had a special talent,” Ledesma says. “He did not want to leave at first for Laguna as he was happy playing with his friends and there were also offers from stronger clubs, like Tenerife. The first time he made his debut on the Laguna juveniles (the under-18s, when he was 14), the senior side immediately called him and wanted him to play with them. His dad was worried that he would get broken up, with those little sticks of legs he had, but he just went with them and did amazing things. He is very special.”

By now, Pedri had also started to play for the Canary Islands’ representative side and scouts from some (but not all) Primera Division clubs had taken notice. Although there was still a reluctance to move and leave his friends and family behind, Las Palmas’ academy director Manuel Rodriguez made a persuasive case for him to move to another of the Canary Island clubs to progress his career.

“Offers kept coming and Las Palmas have a very good reputation in the Canaries for their youth system, and very good residences for the boys to live in,” Ledesma says. “It was tough for his parents to accept. He was moving to another island but they assured him about his studies too and they convinced the whole family with their ideas: where he would play, how they would help him to progress. He was very happy there.”

Delgado says that each step of the way, Pedri had help in keeping his career progressing forward at just the right pace.

“Good players always need new challenges and to move up,” he says. “The process has been ideal. He has overcome every challenge that came along each step of the way. He had various offers at different moments but they have known how to choose the right option. Not everybody has that good fortune and it has gone well for him. His father, his brother, his uncles, his friends; they have all kept his feet on the ground. They did not let him grow further than was best in every moment. That has helped him to get to where he is now.”

It was summer 2018 when Pedri moved into the Casa Amarilla youth academy of Las Palmas. After one year as the youngest player among the club’s under-18s, he was ready to move up the levels again.

Then-Las Palmas technical secretary Toni Otero picks up the story.

“I first saw him playing aged 15 and we decided to bring him up to the first team,” Otero tells The Athletic. “We just could not believe what we were seeing, that a player at that age could do what he was doing. We knew he had a lot of potential, could reach the very top. We were afraid that he was still too young but once we saw him train and then play for the first team, we realised he was an extraordinary player.”

Otero signed Pedri to his first professional contract in July last year but was still unsure whether the slight 16-year-old was ready to be pitched into a first team playing in Spain’s second tier.

“The only fear we had was that, physically, he was not ready for professional football with grown men, as he is not a big kid,” he says. “But from the first training session with the first team, we could see he would adapt very well. His first game with us was a pre-season friendly in Marbella against Almeria, after just two weeks of pre-season training with the first team — and he was the best player on the pitch. He did whatever he wanted: played comfortably, passed the ball, ran the game, dribbled past players. He was showing that, ‘I’m here now. I don’t care who you are but I am a proper football player’. That game told us that this kid has everything to reach the top.”

Las Palmas’ coach Pepe Mel was also convinced and Pedri started the first game of the season, doing well even though his team were beaten 1-0 by Huesca. A week later, he got the assist on veteran striker Ruben Castro’s goal in a 1-1 draw away to Malaga. The following month, his first goal in senior football brought Las Palmas’ first win of the season, at home to Sporting Gijon.

Except when called up for Spain’s age-group teams, including to play at the Under-17 World Cup in Brazil, Pedri played each week for Las Palmas. Opponents quickly realised their main creative threat was the tiny kid in midfield but he still finished last season with four goals and seven assists in 36 league games. Otero says that everyone in the dressing room automatically took to this quiet teenager who did his talking on the pitch.

“He was a young kid; skinny, very shy,” Otero says, “so the other players did not know what to expect, but that also helped them to take him into the dressing room. At Barcelona now, from Leo Messi to the groundsman, everyone naturally wants to look after him. And at Las Palmas, it was the same. We had to go along learning with him. I always think age is not important in football — some players of 40 seem like kids, others of 16 are already like men.”

Otero agrees with Ledesma and Delgado that Pedri had good people around him, including his agents Leaderbrock Sports, who also represent other younger Spanish talents including Manchester City’s Ferran Torres and Athletic Bilbao’s Unai Nunez.

“Pedri is very close to his family and they protect him,” Otero says. “His agents look after many young players and know how to protect these kids. Everything related to football and outside of football was looked after. He was playing in the Las Palmas first team and living in the residence at the training ground. We had to take the basketball hoop down as he just wanted to play it all the time, but he was not going out at night. He is not a party kid."

“He likes his PlayStation, his friends, going to the park. He is just such a quiet kid, which is helping him at the moment. It is very important that he is kept away from the parts of football which are not good.”

Given the family connection to Barcelona, it might have seemed obvious that Pedri would end up at the Nou Camp at some point but things could easily have turned out differently.

“Pedri was very close to joining Real Madrid,” says Ledesma. “When he was still playing for Laguna, and began to draw attention, various clubs came here — Deportivo La Coruna, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal and also Real Madrid. The Barca scout here did not rate him. At that moment, they did not think he was an interesting player."

“Madrid took him for a trial. He was there for a week but there was tremendous snow, so he could only do a couple of training sessions. They told him they would be in touch but nothing came of it. It is very funny, as he said he did not recognise himself wearing a Madrid jersey when he was there on trial. All of us here in the peña, including myself, tried to make contact with Barcelona in some way to tell them that this kid is going on trial at Madrid, and he’s Barca to the core — but nobody took any notice.”

Barcelona then had another stroke of luck. Otero had spent two years working as a scout at the Camp Nou and personally knew those running their youth structures, including the club’s former midfielder Jose Mari Bakero.

“When I saw this player, after just 10 minutes, I called Barcelona to talk to Jose Mari and tell him to come and look at this kid,” Otero says, “as he is a Barca player — not 100 per cent but 1,000 per cent. ‘You have to come here, even though he is just 16 years old, but if you take him now, it will be a lot easier than if you wait another year as by then, he will already be a ‘crack’.’ And Jose Mari took me at my word, came here and he could see it too after just 10 minutes.”

So, in early September last year, when he had still only played three senior games for Las Palmas, it was agreed that Pedri would join Barcelona this past summer for an initial fee of €5 million plus add-ons, including 15 per cent of the profit in any future sale. The deal did not make huge headlines at the time but, more recently, Barcelona figures including current sporting director Ramon Planes and former club president Josep Maria Bartomeu have taken credit for their supposed foresight.

“I imagine that many people want to put medals on their chests as now we can see Pedri is going to be a world-class player,” Otero says. “I made the first call, to Jose Mari Barkero, as I had worked at Barca and I knew perfectly well what was the best to do.”

Ledesma says Pedri and his family also received offers from other big clubs at that time. However, the connection with Barcelona was too strong to consider going anywhere else.

“When he was at Las Palmas, the offers started to come, and Barca got involved then,” says Ledesma. “There were various offers on the table but he told his father that if it were possible, he only wanted to join Barca. I believe there were better offers from other teams but both he and his father were clear they wanted Barca.”

After completing the season with Las Palmas, Pedri formally arrived at Barcelona to start pre-season in early August — just as most of his new team-mates were in Lisbon, about to crash out of the Champions League with an 8-2 quarter-final loss to Bayern Munich.

When Ronald Koeman took over as coach a few weeks later, he spoke publicly about Pedri needing to be sent on loan as he was too young to be considered for the first team.

Koeman has a reputation for showing confidence in youth but had also spoken a lot about giving a chance to Philippe Coutinho, who was returning from a season on loan at Bayern. The competition for places in attacking midfield roles also included World Cup 2018 winner Antoine Griezmann, €130 million France international Ousmane Dembele, €30 million Portugal international Francisco Trincao, homegrown fan favourite Riqui Puig and a certain guy called Messi.

However, Pedri’s performances in training, and in the first few friendlies before all the senior players had returned to full fitness after their brief close-season break having played on into August, led to a quick change of plans.

“I imagine Koeman had the same experience we did,” Otero says. “I was fully sure that if he did pre-season with Barca, then he would stay (rather than being loaned out) — no doubts at all — because Koeman would have seen that he was ready. Even though he looks small, he is physically strong and he is just a Barca player. After seeing him train for 10 minutes, Koeman realised that he had a player who was going to be one of the best in the world, for sure.”

Ledesma says that even those closest to Pedri thought it most likely he would spend another year gaining experience and playing time on loan somewhere else, possibly in Germany.

“We thought that he would go and do pre-season at Barcelona but we were sure they would loan him to another team where he would be able to play every week,” Ledesma says. “He could not go to Barca B. That was in his contract. There were many teams interested, including Borussia Dortmund, and we thought he could be loaned back to Las Palmas. He was prepared for that but the circumstances at Barca, the time of transition there, have helped for younger players to get opportunities. And he has taken it, and settled in there, playing a lot more than we expected.”

Delgado says that Pedri himself was always convinced that if given a chance, he could show he was ready to play in Barcelona’s first team.

“I am only surprised by how fast it is happening; that he has earned his place in the XI at Barcelona so quickly,” Delgado says. “We all expected it to happen but to take a bit more time. I remember talking to him in the summer and he was convinced he wanted to stay at Barca this season, and when this kid decides to do something, he usually does it.”

Most new players who have come to Barcelona in recent years have needed time to adapt, including many who were much older and with a lot more experience than Pedri, with Coutinho and Griezmann being obvious examples. This year could have been extra difficult, given all the turmoil around the club, including Messi’s attempt to leave last summer and Bartomeu’s resignation as president in October. However, those around Pedri say he has settled in remarkably easily.

“He speaks wonderfully about the atmosphere in the dressing room: above all, about the older players who have taken to him and to the other younger players, like Trincao and Ansu Fati,” says Ledesma. “Even at the start, when the mood was a bit strange and the president resigned, and all that, he felt very comfortable. He has that character — that people warm to him quickly. He speaks very well about everybody: (Sergio) Busquets, (Gerard) Pique, Messi and all of them.”

Pedri came off the bench in the first three La Liga games of the season, then was given a first start at Getafe in week four, with Coutinho dropping out. Barcelona lost 1-0 but the 17-year-old was one of their best players, with a strong run and clever pass that was key to a move which saw Messi hit a post from the visitors’ best chance to equalise.

“Since the start, Koeman has treated him with a lot of care, given him lots of advice,” says Ledesma. “Above all, he has given him confidence. When he trains and plays, he keeps telling him he is doing very well, to keep going like this, to use his imagination and not be afraid to try things, to do what he knows he can do — and for a kid so young, that gives you a lot of confidence.”

Four days later, he came off the bench to make his Champions League debut and marked the occasion with his first Barcelona goal in a 5-1 victory over Ferencvaros  He was back in the XI for October’s Clasico at home to Real Madrid but did not have his best game and was taken off early in a 3-1 defeat. Koeman kept faith, though, and started him again four days later at Juventus — and Pedri produced a phenomenal performance, regularly skipping away from Juan Cuadrado and frustrating the Colombian by stealing the ball from him, too. A few weeks later came his first La Liga goal, another confident finish in a 5-2 victory over Real Betis.

“As a 17-year-old, you have to understand there will be ups and downs, and better and worse games,” Otero says. “Maybe he did not stand out so much against Madrid but then, a few days later, everybody saw what he did against Juventus. But if the coach keeps putting him in the team, it is because he is happy with his performances.”

While Pedri’s season has been progressing as well as anyone could have hoped, his team have stumbled along and mixed some decent performances with other horror-show displays. Many local pundits say it is no coincidence that they have been playing better in recent weeks because Pedri has more responsibility in the team, and €155 million Brazil international Coutinho is featuring less. Koeman has also been experimenting with the team’s shape, and Pedri played a deeper role in the recent 2-1 win over Real Sociedad, when he drew even more admiration for a brave last-ditch Javier Mascherano-style challenge on Alexander Isak which prevented an almost certain late equaliser.

“Pedri is a player who understands football,” Otero says. “It is not that he is focused on playing in one position or another, or that the coach has told him he must do this or that. No. He understands what he has to do before a coach or anybody can tell him. He has the game in his head and knows perfectly well what he needs to do. It is something great that he has.”

The most difficult challenge for many new Barcelona players is to get on the same wavelength as Messi, something neither Griezmann nor Coutinho have managed to do yet. However, Pedri has quickly struck up an understanding with the Argentinian. Against Real Sociedad, 10 of the 31 passes Pedri completed were to Messi, while Barca’s No 10 found him nine times in return. Their connection was again clear in the 3-0 win at Real Valladolid just before Christmas, especially with the back-heel assist from Pedri for Messi’s strike and the joyous goal celebration between the pair.

“At Las Palmas, the players who he connected best with on the pitch were the most technical: Jonathan Viera and Ruben Castro,” says Ledesma. “When Viera arrived on loan, he told Pedri, ‘You look for me on the pitch and you and me, we are going to understand each other’. Maybe with Messi, it is not the exact same words but something similar has happened."

“Messi knows that if you give him the ball, you will get it back in a better position, and that is important when you play with these technical players. Pedri is also bursting with pride that Messi talks with him, gives him advice, having been his hero almost since he was born. That, for him, is something incredible. Messi speaks more in the dressing room than in front of the cameras. From what I hear, he is more a leader inside the dressing room than it might seem from outside. He lifts the others, he supports them, and that is helping Pedri a lot.”

Otero says Pedri has not had to change anything about his personality or his style of play to fit in at Barcelona — and has not tried to show off with any special tricks or unnecessary demonstrations of skill, instead just continuing to play the same simple way he always has.

“He has that humility and simplicity and naturalness,” Otero says. “With this kid, everything he does is so natural. He just has that talent inside him. That is what talent is: knowing what to do in each moment and being able to do it. Not just heading off on a dribble to show off. Messi has that, and Pedri too. It is all natural talent. He was born with it. He is too young to have learned to play like this. I am convinced he will be a world-class star and mark an era in Spanish football.”

While the Clasico was maybe his quietest game for Barcelona so far, little seems to have fazed the teenager so far. He has even played some of his better games when the team were struggling: such as in that first start at Getafe or in the 1-1 draw at Alaves when far more experienced colleagues let their team down.

After their title hopes took a huge blow in the 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid on November 21, he did the post-match Spanish TV interview, admitting that Barcelona had not played well and would have to look at their mistakes and improve — all this from a supposedly shy kid, just four days before his 18th birthday, and only a few months after moving to Catalonia.

“He is a little bit introverted or shy when he does not know the people he is with,” says Ledesma. “But afterwards, when he gets to know you and feels confident, he loves to joke around. It is true that on the pitch he changes, and he always has. When he was playing, he always took it seriously. Every game was very important; even just a kickaround with his friends, he always wanted to win."

“He has a sense of calm, even when Pepe Mel called him to the Las Palmas first team just past his 16th birthday. They all said he had the character, a security in himself that it seemed he had always played there. We were all confident that if Barca gave him a sniff of a chance, he was going to take advantage of it. He gets nervous sometimes, like everyone, but he does not show it. And once he is playing, even in front of fans, he puts everything else to the side.”

Recent months have also seen Pedri make his debut for Spain Under-21s while it would be no surprise if senior side coach Luis Enrique takes both he and close friend Ansu Fati to next summer’s European Championship.

Meanwhile, he has just been getting on with his normal life. He lives in Barcelona with his big brother Fernando, who cooks and looks after the apartment. They play a lot of FIFA in the afternoons while Pedri is also a fan of strategy board game Catan. Their parents have visited when possible amid the pandemic and their own work commitments. The only headlines he has made so far off the pitch have been for using a simple supermarket plastic bag to bring his personal effects to the stadium instead of the designer gear favoured by most of his team-mates, and using taxis to get to and from training and games.

“Pedri will keep his feet on the ground. He is very well supported by his family,” says Ledesma. “His parents still have the restaurant — the mother runs the kitchen and his father runs the dining room — but they go there when they can. With the character he has, it would be strange if he changed.

“He was surprised at all the noise made about him taking a taxi or bringing his things in the plastic bag. He says everyone has a bag like that for their clothes, due to COVID. The only thing is he did not then put it inside a Dolce & Gabbana bag, he just carried it in his hand. And if he does not have a driving licence, and his brother also does not have it yet, then he needs to get a taxi. He just gets on with things. He is a very normal kid.”

Back on Tenerife, the locals have recovered from the strangeness of supporting usual rivals Las Palmas last season and the Pena Barcelonista de Tenerife-Tegueste is packed for each Barcelona game.

“I don’t know what he can achieve. I can only say that if he aims for something, he will get it,” Delgado says. “I just hope he keeps going, keeps enjoying this moment and what is to come. I am convinced he will go very, very far. He is still the same kid I coached at nine years old, with the same friends and loved ones. He responds to your messages, shows respect, does not dominate the conversation, asks about you and your family. I am super proud to be able to say that.”

Nobody who knows Pedri thinks that he will plateau now and not aim to keep developing his game and become an even more important player for Barcelona over the next decade or more.

“He says that he wants to improve in everything,” says Ledesma. “Often, he speaks about scoring more goals, his finishing, shots from long range. He scored more for Las Palmas as he took more shots but he always says that he is happier to give an assist than score a goal. But he knows he is learning things every day, being with the best players in the world. It is an incredible opportunity for as long as it lasts at Barca, and I hope he retires there, to keep learning and improving.”

Such a strong confidence in one’s own ability, despite appearing shy and unassuming at first, also brings back the comparison with Pedri’s childhood hero.

“Hopefully they are similar in how they play, although Pedri still has a long way to go — achieving half of what Iniesta has would be marvellous,” says Ledesma. “Although he admires Iniesta a lot, he does not really like the comparisons. He knows he is Pedri and needs to play like Pedri.”

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What was the event you posted about? I don’t understand Spanish

He went to two events yesterday

The first one was organised by the newspaper Tinto Noticias and held at Fundación Cajasol, where Fermín met some fans and signed autographs. The second one was a tribute organised by the Peña Barcelonista 92, in recognition of his achievements 😊

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CAPITULO IX: FELIPE ACEDO COLUNGA

En el verano de 1939 fue sometido a un Consejo de Guerra el que había sido Catedrático de Ética de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ministro y Presidente del Congreso de los Diputados, Julián Besteiro. El fiscal, antiguo alumno suyo, reconoció que Besteiro era un hombre honesto y que no había cometido crimen alguno, pero solicitó la pena de muerte por ser un socialista moderado algo “mucho más peligroso”, según el ponente, que el socialismo revolucionario. Besteiro fue condenado a cadena perpetua y un año después murió en la cárcel de Carmona. El fiscal de ese Consejo de Guerra es nuestro friki de hoy, uno de los máximos responsables de darle “cobertura legal” al golpe de estado de Julio de 1936: FELIPE ACEDO COLUNGA.

Felipe Acedo (Palma de Mallorca, 1896 – Madrid, 1965) creció compartiendo la milicia y el derecho. Participó en la guerra de África y pronto mostró sus planteamientos ultra conservadores. Conspiró en el golpe de estado de Sanjurjo en Agosto de 1932 y se reintegró a la milicia en 1934 como fiscal en los consejos de guerra tras los sucesos de Octubre de ese año en Asturias. En Julio de 1936 se posicionó rápidamente junto a los sublevados y se puso al frente de la Fiscalía en las sucesivas localidades que los rebeldes iban conquistando. Tuvo cargos de responsabilidad política como Gobernador Civil de Barcelona entre 1951 y 1960 así como Delegado del Gobierno en la Compañía Telefónica.

Acedo se empleó a fondo como fiscal en la represión franquista pero más a fondo se empleó como ideólogo para lograr una justificación legal del golpe de estado. Fue el verdadero arquitecto de la represión franquista desde la justicia.

Acedo Colunga es un personaje bastante desconocido, representa la frialdad y la crueldad de la violencia institucionalizada del nuevo régimen, una violencia de “traje y corbata” y emanada de supuestos textos legales. El afán permanente de Acedo fue demostrar la ilegalidad del régimen de la II República, especialmente del Gobierno del Frente Popular y al mismo tiempo dotar al nuevo régimen de una apariencia de legalidad frente al “ilegítimo” gobierno republicano. Así lo definen los historiadores Francisco Espinosa, Guillermo Portilla y Ángel Viñas en su reciente obra Castigar a los rojos. Acedo Colunga, el gran arquitecto de la represión franquista.

Como curiosidad su periplo como gobernador civil de Barcelona nos dejó una actuación que desmiente todo cuanto los independentistas y seguidores barcelonistas acusaron al franquismo de enemigo de Cataluña y del Fútbol Club Barcelona (algún día espero que sepamos algo más del colaboracionismo entre la burguesía catalana y el franquismo). Acedo se empeñó personalmente en desalojar y expulsar por la fuerza a los arrendatarios de los terrenos para que el Barcelona pudiera construir su nuevo estadio. El propio club lo dejó claro: “Conviene decir que no todos los terrenos adquiridos están totalmente libres y a nuestra disposición, puesto que se está desalojando a los arrendatarios y meros ocupantes allí establecidos. A tal efecto hay que hacer constar nuestro más profundo agradecimiento al excelentísimo Gobernador Civil, don Felipe Acedo Colunga, que, siempre ha atendido todo cuanto redunda en la grandeza del Barcelona, se ha percatado perfectamente desde el primer momento de la monumentalidad de nuestros proyectos y les ha prestado siempre el más cariñoso y entusiasta apoyo”.

 Pero volvamos a su obra represora. En 2019 el historiador Francisco Espinosa encontró en el Archivo del Tribunal Militar Territorial Segundo de Sevilla un documento básico para conocer a este personaje; se trataba de la Memoria del Fiscal del Ejército de Ocupación (ya el nombre lo dice todo) redactada hacia el final de la guerra. Acedo expone claramente que el derecho militar está por encima del derecho civil:

 “Demostrar al mundo de forma incontrovertible y documentada nuestra tesis acusatoria contra los sedicentes poderes legítimos, a saber, que los órganos y las personas que el 18 de julio de 1936 detentaban el poder adolecían de tales vicios de ilegitimidad en sus títulos y en el ejercicio del mismo, que, al alzarse contra ellos el Ejército y el pueblo, no realizaron ningún acto de rebelión contra la Autoridad ni contra la Ley”.

 En una de sus primeras actuaciones como fiscal en Huelva tras el inicio de la guerra es diáfano en su exposición, que asume la sentencia de muerte:

 “Que declarado el Estado de Guerra consecuencia de la anarquía en que se encontraba el país, el único Gobierno legítimo de la Nación es el que impone la disciplina del Ejército restauradora de la tradición hist��rica”.

 En la propia Memoria se dice que el primer objetivo es reprimir y el segundo justificar. Acedo (junto a Serrano Suñer) tenía claro que el entramado judicial en que se estaba envolviendo el gobierno rebelde necesitaba de una justificación “legal” para poder seguir desarrollando la represión cara al futuro. Las leyes de la República otorgaban al Gobierno constitucional y solo al gobierno la posibilidad de declarar el estado de guerra. Por lo tanto, la declaración por parte de los militares de ese estado de guerra el 18 de Julio fue ilegal. Acedo se empeñó en desmontar esa legalidad a base de difundir ampliamente en la sociedad española, en los medios afines y en el extranjero, que el poder constituido el 18 de Julio de 1936 era ilegal porque las elecciones de Febrero de ese año habían sido falseadas (todavía hay quien, en el revisionismo histórico de moda, defiende esta tesis). A todos los que defendieron la legalidad del Gobierno republicano se les acusó además con efectos retroactivos de ¡rebelión militar! Era lo que algunos juristas han denominado la “justicia invertida”.

 Para completar la estrategia ideológica y legal se elaboró el Dictamen sobre la ilegitimidad de los poderes actuantes el 18 de julio de 1936, de Serrano Suñer, que completaba las bases en que se movió el régimen golpista:

a) la Segunda República fue ilegítima en origen;

b) la guerra civil la inició la izquierda en octubre de 1934;

c) el triunfo del Frente Popular en las elecciones de 1936 fue fruto de un fraude;

d) el «Alzamiento» fue consecuencia del vacío legal y de poder creado tras las elecciones; e) los responsables del desastre fueron la República y los partidos que integraban el Frente Popular, que eran los que querían la guerra;

f) en la zona republicana reinó el terror, al contrario que en la «nacional», en que primó la justicia y las garantías procesales.

 Este cuerpo de mensajes repetidos ad infinitum durante décadas caló en la sociedad española; no se puso interés en desmontarlo tras la muerte del dictador salvo en textos de historia de difusión limitada y desgraciadamente, hoy día, aparecen revisionistas históricos que pretenden lanzar de nuevo y masivamente estas falsedades.

La Memoria del fiscal Acedo Colunga se encontró en 2019 pero los historiadores se preguntan si realmente estaba perdida o se hizo muy poco para encontrarla, posiblemente no se quiso encontrar no ya por conocer la trayectoria de este personaje sino por no conocer de primera voz cual era la dotación moral y legal del nuevo régimen.

Para Acedo, sus jefes y sus secuaces no existían como dice Viñas “los principios humanitarios, la división de poderes, la independencia judicial, la igualdad ante la ley, el concepto de persona jurídica, las garantías procesales, conceptos clásicos establecidos del derecho romano y por encima de todo el Estado de derecho, simples antiguallas que debían desaparecer”.

 No tenemos imágenes grabadas de las actuaciones profesionales del temido fiscal, pero quienes lo vieron y oyeron lo comparan con el famoso juez nazi Roland Freisler que en los juicios insultaba a los acusados. He dejado para el final dos muestras de su extravagante, aunque temible ideología:

  "Cuando nuestro Caudillo asumió el mando militar del Alzamiento, recogió los atributos morales e históricos del Poder Público Español. Ante la historia, ante la moral y ante el derecho el único Gobierno legítimo de España desde el día 18 de julio de 1936 era el que se ejercía militarmente, en supremo esfuerzo de sublimización espiritual y redención humana. De aquí que, desde el primer instante, toda oposición a este Poder único legítimo cayera dentro de la órbita del Código de Justicia Militar y concretamente de su artículo 237 que define el delito de Rebelión de Militar".

 La última es la perla más cruel y abyecta:

  “Hay que desinfectar previamente el solar patrio. Y he aquí la obra —pesadumbre y gloria— encomendada por azar del destino a la justicia militar (...) Hoy al terminarse en julio del 36 el proceso de nuestra decadencia histórica con esta inmensa hoguera donde se está eliminando tanta escoria, aparecen problemas de una magnitud extraordinaria que exceden y superan todo límite”.

10/1/2023

[ikram1909]

i think besides the fact that it’s completely normal to support your son who is living his dream, do people forget that his grandfather literally founded the first peña barcelonista in tenerife which is dad took over. they’ve been putting him in barça clothes before he could walk like they are some of the biggest culés out there which is why they also show up to barça atlètic games or games even when pedri was injured. if that was me i would also constantly show up

Yep, they're clearly barça fans on top of being his parents. They're living the absolute dream of watching their child represent the colours of the club they love and people want to be hateful towards them because of it that's so weird. Let people live dam

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¿Cuáles son los últimos fichajes y rumores del Barcelona para la próxima temporada?

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¿Cuáles son los últimos fichajes y rumores del Barcelona para la próxima temporada?

Últimos fichajes del Barcelona

El FC Barcelona ha estado activo en el mercado de fichajes para fortalecer su plantilla de cara a la próxima temporada. Entre los últimos fichajes realizados por el club blaugrana se destacan varias incorporaciones de gran nivel.

Uno de los movimientos más comentados fue la llegada del defensor central Eric García, quien regresó al equipo culé procedente del Manchester City. García es considerado una joven promesa en su posición y se espera que aporte solidez y calidad al sector defensivo del Barcelona.

Otro fichaje importante fue el del delantero neerlandés Memphis Depay, proveniente del Olympique de Lyon. Depay es un atacante versátil y con gran capacidad goleadora, lo que lo convierte en una pieza clave en el nuevo proyecto deportivo del Barcelona.

Además, el Barcelona también ha reforzado su centro del campo con la llegada del centrocampista brasileño Matheus Fernandes, quien regresó al club tras su cesión al Valladolid. Fernandes aportará profundidad y calidad al mediocampo barcelonista.

Estos fichajes, sumados a otras incorporaciones estratégicas, buscan reforzar al Barcelona de cara a una temporada exigente en la que el club blaugrana buscará competir tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. Los aficionados esperan que estos nuevos fichajes aporten su talento y compromiso para lograr los objetivos deportivos del equipo.

Rumores de fichajes del Barcelona

Los rumores de fichajes del Barcelona siempre generan gran interés entre los aficionados al fútbol y esta temporada no es la excepción. Con la llegada de un nuevo entrenador y la necesidad de reforzar la plantilla, los rumores se han intensificado en torno a posibles incorporaciones al club catalán.

Uno de los nombres que más suena es el de un delantero estrella, un jugador que pueda complementar el ataque liderado por Lionel Messi. Se habla de posibles negociaciones con varios jugadores de renombre internacional, lo que ha despertado la ilusión de los seguidores culés.

Además, se especula sobre la posibilidad de reforzar otras posiciones en el campo, como el centro del campo y la defensa. La directiva del Barcelona estaría evaluando diversas opciones para armar un equipo competitivo que pueda aspirar a ganar los títulos tanto a nivel nacional como en competiciones europeas.

Sin embargo, es importante recordar que muchos de estos rumores pueden resultar infundados y que el mercado de fichajes es siempre impredecible. Habrá que esperar para ver cómo se desarrollan las negociaciones y cuáles serán finalmente las caras nuevas que se sumarán al equipo azulgrana.

En definitiva, los rumores de fichajes son parte del entorno futbolístico y alimentan la expectación de los aficionados, quienes esperan con ansias ver cómo se conformará el nuevo Barcelona de cara a la próxima temporada.

Refuerzos confirmados del Barcelona

Ha sido un verano movido para el Barcelona en términos de fichajes, con varios refuerzos confirmados que han generado mucha emoción entre los aficionados. Uno de los más destacados ha sido el regreso de Gerard Piqué, quien tras un breve retiro decidió volver al equipo para aportar su experiencia y liderazgo en la defensa.

Además, el Barcelona también ha logrado asegurar la contratación de jugadores jóvenes y prometedores, como el delantero Memphis Depay, quien llega al club con un gran potencial goleador y la capacidad de desequilibrar en el frente de ataque. El mediocampista Sergio Agüero es otra adquisición importante, brindando al equipo una nueva opción en el ataque y una experiencia invaluable en competiciones de alto nivel.

Por otro lado, la llegada del defensa Eric García ha fortalecido la zaga del Barcelona, aportando solidez y calidad a la línea defensiva. Con estos refuerzos confirmados, el equipo dirigido por Ronald Koeman parece estar preparado para afrontar la próxima temporada con renovadas esperanzas de éxito tanto en la liga doméstica como en competiciones europeas.

La afición culé está entusiasmada con la llegada de estos nuevos jugadores y confía en que su aporte será fundamental para alcanzar los objetivos planteados. Sin duda, el Barcelona ha demostrado una vez más su capacidad para reforzarse con talento de primer nivel y promete dar espectáculo en cada partido que dispute. ¡Visca Barça!

Posibles incorporaciones al Barcelona

El FC Barcelona ha estado en busca de nuevas incorporaciones para fortalecer su plantilla en la próxima temporada. Con la salida de jugadores clave y la necesidad de renovar su equipo, se han barajado varios nombres como posibles fichajes para el club catalán.

Uno de los nombres que suena con fuerza es el del delantero argentino Lautaro Martínez, actualmente en el Inter de Milán. Su juventud, calidad técnica y capacidad goleadora lo convierten en un candidato ideal para reforzar el ataque del Barcelona.

Otro jugador que ha generado interés en el club es el defensor español Eric García, quien actualmente juega en el Manchester City. Con tan solo 20 años, García se ha destacado por su solidez defensiva y su buen manejo del balón, cualidades que encajarían perfectamente en el estilo de juego del Barcelona.

Además, se ha rumoreado sobre la posible llegada de Georginio Wijnaldum al Barcelona. El mediocampista holandés, actualmente en el Liverpool, aportaría experiencia, polivalencia y capacidad de liderazgo al centro del campo del equipo.

Estas posibles incorporaciones al Barcelona prometen aportar calidad y profundidad al equipo, reforzando sus distintas líneas y ofreciendo soluciones para afrontar con éxito los retos de la próxima temporada tanto en la Liga como en competiciones europeas. Los seguidores del club esperan con expectación las decisiones finales del club respecto a estos fichajes.

Novedades en el mercado de traspasos del Barcelona

En el mercado de traspasos del Barcelona, las novedades recientes han generado un gran revuelo en el mundo del fútbol. El equipo catalán ha estado trabajando arduamente para reforzar su plantilla y prepararse para la próxima temporada.

Una de las principales novedades es la llegada del joven defensor Eric García procedente del Manchester City. El Barcelona logró cerrar este traspaso con éxito y ahora cuenta con un prometedor jugador para reforzar su zaga defensiva.

Otro movimiento destacado ha sido la contratación de Emerson Royal, lateral derecho brasileño que regresa al club después de su paso por el Real Betis. Con su llegada, el Barcelona busca fortalecer su línea defensiva y aportar mayor profundidad por la banda derecha.

Además, el fichaje del delantero neerlandés Memphis Depay ha generado grandes expectativas en el club y entre los aficionados. Con su llegada, se espera que aporte su talento y experiencia para potenciar el ataque del equipo.

En cuanto a salidas, el Barcelona ha confirmado la marcha de jugadores como Jean-Clair Todibo y Matheus Fernandes, quienes buscarán nuevas oportunidades en otros clubes para seguir creciendo en su carrera deportiva.

Con todas estas novedades, el Barcelona se prepara con ilusiones renovadas para afrontar los retos que se presentarán en la próxima temporada, con la ambición de volver a conquistar títulos y competir al más alto nivel tanto a nivel nacional como internacional.

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TRANSLATION OF PEDRI'S INTERVIEW FOR MEN'S HEALTH ESPAÑA

La Liga title, one billion euro clause, men’s health cover… how are you doing?

Well, I am doing quite well, especially because of my brother, who is the one who is always with me and helps me, and well, my family has always passed on to me the value of being calm and I try to be calm, live day by day and enjoy everything that is good for me.

Sharing desire and humility with Carlos Alcaraz

Yes, I think that for both Carlos and I, our families play a very important role...Those are the values that we have learned from a young age. He’s a player that I follow a lot, I like to see him when he plays, and I support him. From time to time I talk to him and well, I hope to meet him in person soon.

Your grandfather founded the first Peña Barcelonista club in Tegueste.

Yes, he founded it. We always went there to see the games when I was little and it is a place where I have many memories, especially with a ball, with my brother and watching the club of my dreams. Before I was born, I already had Barça sheets and everything, the cradle and everything. When you go to my town and you ask where Fernando from Barça is and they know where to take you, they will take you to my parent's house and we have always been known as the ones in my village.

Your parent’s restaurant must be going great.

Now there are a lot of people who go over to try my mother’s croquettes.

What’s in those croquettes?

They are made with love. I guess they are the ones I like the most but well I can't eat much right now.

What changes have you made in your diet?

A lot of carbohydrates especially a high calorie diet...Because being a football player and playing every three days you need a lot of energy. A lot of fish. I have a lot of salmon, although at first, I did not like it but I'm adapting and I'm starting to like it.

How did you gain so much muscle?

It’s something thing that I wanted to do for a long time, but it’s complicated during the season with all the games that there are. In the summer I had much more time. Barça gave me a diet and especially a lot of work in the gym. During the summer break, I always went to the gym in the mornings and sometimes I even had double sessions.

And what exercise do you hate the most?

Bench press. I don't really like to work on the chest, but well, you kinda have to do it, otherwise it’s a bit unbalanced.

And what exercise do you like the most?

My favourite thing to work on is the shoulders, it's always what I feel most comfortable with and what I like the most.

What have you learned from Xavi Hernández?

One thing I didn't do so much before and now I do it a lot more, is to look before receiving. It's something that gives you a lot of information about where your teammates are, the opponents and everything. It's something that he really emphasizes.

And from Luis Enrique?

From Luis Enrique, above all to compete and the way he transmits things. I think he is the best coach I have ever had in terms of how he transmits things, what he tells you and what you are going to listen to.

Which of the two has given you more fights?

I think that Luis Enrique is tougher when it comes to fighting back. I normally don’t talk back because I know that he is usually right, and I listen to him and learn.

Another name: Andres Iniesta

When I was a kid, I used to look at him a lot. But I have to be Pedri to make my own career and do my own thing, but to even be compared to Iniesta for what and how he was, is a source of pride.

Will you go by Pedro one day?

Well, maybe when I'm sixty years old, I will be tired and ask everyone to call me Pedro. But at the moment, I am comfortable being called Pedri. Even my mother and brother call me Pedri and so does everyone else in my life, except when I went to school that’s when they called me Pedro.

How was your experience with Springfield for your own collection?

Well, very well, it is always something I had dreamed of, to have my own clothing line. I had no idea how it would look but I really liked the result and I'm very happy because they are things that I feel like Springfield has made very easy. I told them three, or four things and they already knew what I wanted, and it was very easy to translate my idea into what today is the capsule.

How do you define your style?

Very, very comfortable. I love to be comfortable. For the trainings, for example, I always go in the most comfortable possible, because at the end I am going to be wearing the clothes the club puts me in. And to the matches as well, I always try to go quite comfortable and that I look good.

Is it comfort or laziness?

It may be a little bit of laziness. I don’t like to waste too much time in front of the mirror, so I go as moderately as possible.

How do you ‘waste’ your time outside of football?

Well, there’s even more football in my house. Either watching it or playing it and especially on the PlayStation, that way I can be close to my friends in Tenerife and talk to them a lot... I play Fifa a lot. Rocket League is another game that I play a lot, but there are a couple of games that I always play.

You like ‘teqball’. What is it?

I have a ping pong table which is curved, and you play it with your feet. It’s a game that I like to play with my brother a lot. I make the joke that I am looking for a better rival because I always win. But well, we spend good afternoons there.

You never give away a point even on the PlayStation, right?

No, I don't like to lose. Almost all the sportsmen I have met are like that, they don't like to lose at all, and I think that is also part of our life.

Do you follow the Kings League?

Yes, for a while now.

Which team do you support?

Los Troncos.

Would you play in the Kings League?

If I weren't at Barça and didn't have a contract, I would be happy to play there.

Now that you are so strong, you could go to La Velada IV…

I think I would be too embarrassed... But I would like especially the four months of preparation, to think only about that one day. I would like to live that experience.

How do the Golden Boys get along?

Very good, spectacular, I have a very good relationship with Gavi. Before, I had to take him in the car and now that he got his license, I won't see him so much, but I get along great with him.

And with Eric García?

With Eric, I spend almost every day with him and Ferran. The three of us are always together and we go through a lot of things. I have a very good relationship with him.

Do you have a WhatsApp group?

Not one with just the Golden Boys but there is one with the others (Ferran and Eric).

What is it called?

Well… it’s called Folleti.

Who is going to be most envious of this Men’s Health cover?

Well, I don't think Gavi, he would be too embarrassed, but maybe Eric, who also works a lot in the gym, would like it, for sure. He will probably say it's photoshopped.

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A INFLUÊNCIA DO FUTEBOL NA IDENTIDADE NACIONAL…

 O futebol em maior parte do globo é mais do que apenas um desporto, é um fenómeno cultural que envolve milhões de pessoas, capaz de moldar uma nação, unindo as populações para além das fronteiras. Em países como o Brasil, o Reino Unido, a Espanha e até Portugal, o futebol deixa de ser um desporto, sendo um modo de vida. A paixão por este desporto é quase palpável, estando presente no dia a dia da vida da população.

 As seleções nacionais são as responsáveis por representar o espírito e carácter de uma nação. Um exemplo é a seleção brasileira, conhecida pelo seu jogo que lembre o samba, reflete assim a cultura do país, vibrante e talentosa. Em Portugal, não é diferente, o sucesso recente da seleção nacional, liderada por uma das maiores figuras futebolísticas, Cristiano Ronaldo, provoca um sentimento de orgulho e união entre os portugueses. Portanto, o futebol tornou-se um das nações, onde a vitória de uma seleção ou de uma equipa iguala a vitória do país.

 Ademais, competições como o Campeonato do Mundo da FIFA promovem um sentido de comunidade global. Estes grandes torneios implementam uma local para as nações mostrarem a sua identidade, refletida no estilo de jogo de cada país. Além disso, estes eventos, que têm milhões de visualizações por todo o mundo, promovem um sentido de união internacional, já que existe uma junção de adeptos de vários países para celebrar o espetáculo que é o futebol.

 Todavia, este desporto não influencia apenas a identidade de uma nação como também, pode influenciar a identidade de uma região. Como, por exemplo, pequenas cidades representadas pelo seu clube, tornando-se uma indispensável da outra. A relação entre o FC Barcelona e a região da Catalunha, em Espanha, é um exemplar da identidade de uma região influenciada pelo futebol, porém esta é um caso especial. A Catalunha há muito que quer ser independente de Espanha, e o clube de futebol representa esta região não como parte de uma nação, mas como a sua própria nação.

 O lema do Barcelona, “Més que un club” (Mais que um clube), sumariza o sentimento de resistência catalã contra o centralismo espanhol, simbolizando a identidade catalã. O grande sucesso do Barça ao longo dos anos ampliou a voz da Catalunha no cenário nacional e internacional, reforçando a sua distinção de Espanha. Jogadores e treinadores barcelonistas, também desempenham papéis muito importantes na promoção e divulgação da identidade nacional catalã. Exemplos são o ex-jogador Johan Cruyff e o treinador Pep Guardiola, o primeiro embora holandês, ao ser jogador do FC Barcelona, abraçou a cultura catalã e tornou-se um defensor da independência desta região; Guardiola, natural da Catalunha, tem também manifestado o seu apoio à autonomia catalã.

 Desta forma, é possível concluir que o futebol desempenha um papel importante na construção de identidades nacionais, transcendendo as fronteiras do jogo e entrelaçando-se com a cultura, a sociedade e a política das nações. A própria influência do Barça extrapola o campo de futebol, desempenhando um papel crucial na formação e expressão da identidade catalã, tornando-se um exemplo da união entre o desporto e a identidade nacional.

Referências:

Benjamin, C. (2012). Visca el Barça! Ideology, Nationalism, and the FIFA World Cup. Kroeber Anthropological Society, 101(1), 66-78. https://kas.berkeley.edu/documents/Issue_101/7-Benjamin.pdf

FC Barcelona. (2015). [Fotografia]. FC Barcelona. https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/1094903/fc-barcelona-will-be-honoured-by-uefa-for-their-five-champions-league-wins

Hangst, M. (n.d.). Torcedores do FC Barcelona pedem pela independência catalã [Fotografia]. Barca Blaugranes, For Barcelona Fans. Retrieved dezembro 12, 2023, from https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2015/7/24/9029081/barcelona-fined-for-catalunya-independence-uefa

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Viejos Pins (72)

1946/56.

Segunda entrega de pins de clubes catalanes que oficiaron ya como filiales del Barcelona gracias al estupendo material alojado en la web partidaria Pins Penyes.

En 1965 nace el Atlètic Catalunya, sucesor del Fabra i Coats, tras estrechar lazos con el Barcelona. El equipo cambió el uniforme por uno azul-grana, con las franjas más estrechas que las del Barça y pantalón azul. El Condal cambió también su uniforme, vistiendo de azul-grana entre 1968 y 1970.

Tras la Guerra Civil el FC Barcelona firmó un convenio de filiación con el equipo de la empresa textil L'Espanya Industrial, situada en el barrio barcelonés de Hostafrancs.

Gracias a ese acuerdo el equipo fabril pasó a nutrirse de los jugadores que no tenían cabida en la primera plantilla barcelonista, esencialmente sus jóvenes promesas.

En 1953 la Sección Deportiva La España Industrial logró el ascenso a Primera División, cambiando su nombre a Club Esportiu Comtal e interrumpiendo su filiación con el FC Barcelona. Después de un único año en la máxima categoría, el CD Condal (CD CONDAL) reanudó su filiación con el FC Barcelona, ​​jugando durante 15 años a caballo entre Segunda y Tercera División.

1956/68.

Atlètic Catalunya Club de Futbol (1965).

Club Deportivo Condal (1968/70).