According to a startling revelation made by journalist Sique Rodriguez, Bayern Munich tried to raid Barcelona for the signing of midfield sensation Pedri in 2020.
The 19-year-old has established himself as one of the best midfielders in Europe in a very short time at the highest level. Signed from Las Palmas in the summer of 2019, Pedri was loaned back to his boyhood club for a season before he arrived at Barça in 2020.
Since then, Pedri has become a mainstay in the middle of the park for the Blaugrana, racking up 81 appearances in which he has ten goals and seven assists. A permanent fixture in the Spanish national team as well, he was a shining star for La Roja at the Euros last year.
And it has now emerged that Bayern Munich made an overture to try and sign Pedri from Barcelona even before he made his first-team debut for the club.
Indeed, as reported by Sique Rodriguez, the Bavarian giants contacted Barça soon after the 2-8 demolition in the Champions League in 2020 to land Pedri. They were willing to offer the Catalans a fee of around €12 million for the teenage prodigy.
However, Barcelona did not even listen to what Bayern Munich had to say as they had no intentions of losing Pedri. Two years later, the 19-year-old starred at the Allianz Arena, putting on a fine display earlier this week, even though Barça ended up on the losing side.
Having failed in their bid to try and lure Pedri away, Bayern Munich even schemed to sign Gavi from Barcelona earlier this summer.
However, once again their attempts were proven futile as the teenage prodigy never had any desire to leave Spotify Camp Nou and has since signed a new long-term contract, committing his future to the Catalan giants until 2026.
