Leo Messi

is still shedding the daisy of his future.

And he will not stop doing so, as he has assured, until the end of the season.

Only then will he decide if he leaves or if he finally stays at Barcelona.

But, to tell the truth, something has changed.

Although the team is not doing as well as it would like, there is something that has returned the lost smile:

Pedri

.

The young Canarian midfielder has become the most exciting signing of recent years in a team somewhat orphaned of decisive players and victim of the fatality of

Ansu Fati's

serious injury

when he had starred in a brilliant start to the season.

Coutinho

,

Dembélé

,

Griezmann

and even a

Frenkie de Jong

in whom many hopes were turned, have not yet lived up to expectations.

Pedri, on the other hand, has something.

A halo that, at times, recalls the imprint of another tremendously humble and talented footballer:

Andrés Iniesta

.

It remains to be seen how far the canary will go.

And, of course, putting Iniesta in the mirror is not exactly an easy challenge.

But, so far, he is perhaps the only one of the new ones who has earned the status of undisputed starter, despite his youth.

Ronald Koeman was

firmly in favor of him and, for now, he is responding in spades.

With Messi, who will not be able to play against Eibar officially due to some discomfort in his right ankle, it is well understood.

The best proof is the heel pass he gave him last week to score against Valladolid.

Pedri, right now, is on a cloud.

He defends the colors of the team that has hit him the most since he was a child.

He has Barça in his blood.

Not surprisingly, his father is the current president of the Tenerife-Tegueste Barcelona club, the same one that his grandfather founded.

To him, precisely, they attribute to him that he sent from the sky the spectacular snowfall that in February 2018 would frustrate that his grandson successfully passed some tests with Real Madrid and ended up dressed in white.

With the clothes in a plastic bag

His premiere in the Champions League, on October 20, was curious.

He arrived at the Camp Nou with his clothes in a supermarket bag, as any kid left to play a pachanguita with some friends would have done, only that the game was against Ferencvaros and in the highest continental competition.

Koeman did not bet on his ownership, but gave him entry into the final stretch of the match, as a relief from Ansu Fati.

And Pedri did not miss the opportunity.

In just under 20 minutes, he scored his first goal as a Barcelona player, after assistance from Dembélé.

Some time later, he would leave the stadium to take a taxi home.

He turned 18 on November 25.

Against Eibar, he will not be able to show off the great connection with Messi again.

But, without a doubt, he will have many eyes on his back.

Koeman, for now, is delighted with him.

And is not for less.

«What I have seen of Pedri until today, after learning about his character and personality, is an example of how someone has to be very good at an age like his, come to a club like Barça and be playing regularly.

No one could expect it, "the technician praised him.

«I, as a coach, and my

technical

staff

help him and give him opportunities and advice.

He is a boy from a very humble family and he already knows what he has to do to improve and not think that everything is done.

He has a great future ahead of him, and he will get there if he continues to work as he has done so far.

The great novelty of his call, meanwhile, could be the entry of an Ousmane Dembélé already recovered from his last injury.

Although the Dutchman will not provide the list until a few hours before the game, the Dutchman practically took his return for granted.

"In principle, it will be summoned," he revealed.

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