{"id":22379,"date":"2022-06-30T15:01:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/30\/pedris-new-barcelona-squad-number-revealed\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T15:01:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T19:01:09","slug":"pedris-new-barcelona-squad-number-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/30\/pedris-new-barcelona-squad-number-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedri\u2019s new Barcelona squad number revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>FC Barcelona prodigy Pedri is set to don a new squad number from next season on, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The info comes courtesy of Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo, who point towards the midfielder\u2019s ever-increasing importance to the Blaugrana cause being imminently recognised.<\/p>\n<p>To this point, since exploding onto the scene in the Catalan capital on the back of his arrival from Las Palmas in the summer of 2020, Pedri has taken to the pitch with the number 16 emblazoned across his back.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1695443\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1695443\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1695443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239726719-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pedri\u2019s new Barcelona squad number revealed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239726719-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239726719-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239726719-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239726719-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239726719-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239726719-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239726719-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1695443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BARCELONA, SPAIN \u2013 APRIL 3: Pedri celebrates during the La Liga Santander match between FC Barcelona v Sevilla at the Camp Nou on April 3, 2022 in Barcelona Spain (Photo by David S. Bustamante\/Soccrates\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As confirmed on Thursday, though, moving forward, the 19-year-old will don the number eight shirt as part of Xavi Hernandez\u2019s ranks.<\/p>\n<p>This past season saw Dani Alves act as Barca\u2019s no. eight, but the Brazilian\u2019s free agent exit means that the shirt has since become available.<\/p>\n<p>And it will now be taken on by a player altogether more suited to the traditions of an 8, with Pedri, of course, one of world football\u2019s finest up-and-coming box-to-box midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>Those of a Blaugrana persuasion will now be hopeful of their breakthrough sensation following in the footsteps of a player whom many would no doubt argue represents the greatest to have ever worn the number eight at the Camp Nou, in the form of Andres Iniesta.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pedri has chosen to wear the #8 starting from next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mundodeportivo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mundodeportivo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MpUV2mSAOB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/MpUV2mSAOB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar\u00e7a Universal (@BarcaUniversal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarcaUniversal\/status\/1542390827921686528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Arthur links<\/h2>\n<p>Elsewhere on the Barcelona front, a former member of the Catalans\u2019 ranks has today been tipped for a shock return to the club.<\/p>\n<p>The player in question? Arthur Melo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Xavi used to like Arthur. The player would love a return and he wouldn\u2019t mind a salary reduction.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OKRMsX5IZG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/OKRMsX5IZG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar\u00e7a Universal (@BarcaUniversal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarcaUniversal\/status\/1542493259674664961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/official-barcelona-receive-cash-injection-as-first-lever-activated\/\">Barcelona receive cash injection as first lever activated<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/barcelona-have-third-robert-lewandowski-offer-rejected-bayern-munichs-asking-price-revealed\/\">Barcelona have third Robert Lewandowski offer rejected &amp; Bayern Munich\u2019s asking price revealed<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona prodigy Pedri is set to don a new squad number from next season on, it has been revealed. The info comes courtesy of Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo, who point towards the midfielder\u2019s ever-increasing importance to the Blaugrana cause being imminently recognised. To this point, since exploding onto the scene in the Catalan capital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-22379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}