A Former Sporting Director of FC Barcelona reveals that Hansi Flick and FC Bayern Wanted to Sign Pedri a Few Years AGO.
FC Bayern Munich Showed Strong Interest in Signing Barca Star Pedri in the Summer of 2020. This was Confirmed by Ramón Planes, Former Sporting Director of FC Barcelona, On The Radio Show “Carrusel Deportivo” On Cadena Ser Over The Weekend.
“After the 2-8 Defeat Against Bayern Munich in Lisbon, I Received a Call from his agent Two Days Later, Who Told Me That Bayern Wanted to Hold a Video Conference. I Did Because They Wanted Pedri,” Said Planes, Who Worked for the Catalans From 2018 To 2021.
Pedri (r.) What on FC Bayern’s Radar Early on
Bavaria Interest in Pedri? “What Dery Surprised”
FC Barcelona Signed Pedri From Las Palmas in September 2019 for around 23 million euros and Loaned Him Back to the Then Second Division Team for the 2019/20 Season. “I was very surprised going He Hadn’t Even Played for Barca at that time. We Had Signed Him, But He was in Las Palmas. So yes, it’s true that Bayern Were Interested.”
The Statements Confirm a Sport1 Report from 2022, in which Bayern’s interest in Pedri was already revealed.
Bavaria Scouting Impressive Planes
Planes now praished the scouting work of the German Record Champions in the Highest Terms. The fact that the Current Barca Star Had Already Caugh the Eye of the Munich Team In The Second Spanish League at that time Impresses the 57-Year-Old to This Day.
“I Spoke to the Sporting Director, We Had a video conference and that’s how it was. I was Surprised, And That Says A Lot About How Well Bavaria Worked Back Then To Getting Players. It’s True That His Season was Sensational, He was the best player in the Second Division and They Saw the Talent in Him, “Explained the ex-sports director.
The then Bavaria Head Coach Hansi Flick Is Now Working with Pedri at FC Barcelona and Has Won Three Titiles in his first season as barca’s head coach.