The eternal youth of Pedr(it)o

Pedro Rodríguez He could always say he was a starter at best Barça always and in what is probably the most rounded team ever seen on a football field. The Barça youth squad is now 37 years old but his role in the elite continues to be more remarkable. So how much is his current club, the laziois already thinking about renewing the contract that expires at the end of the current season, according to reports La Gazzetta dello Sport. One of the virtues that ‘Pedrito’ remembers most about being Pedro when he was introduced to the elite is to shine on the big stage and always be in the most important moments. He did this between 2007 and 2015 at Barça, especially when he was under the command of his main mentor Pep Guardiolaand he also did it with the Spanish team that was declared world champion in 2010. Even today, Pedro continues to be the only Spanish footballer to score in all competitions in the same year, 2009. With Lazio, this season is back he shows his providence: he scored 6 goals, 3 in Serie A and another 3 in the Europa League, to become the mainstay of the Italian team he leads Marco Baroni. He managed 6 goals in 12 games, with an accuracy that ensured a goal every 100 minutes and where he also added 2 assists.

Experience and level explain why the coach went from starting dosing in Cup matches to giving him a role in the Italian League, where Lazio is a point behind the leader, Naples, to put him in board in league matches at Como and at Monza.

The former FC Barcelona and Chelsea winger is a reference in the locker room, another reason that almost guarantees him a proposal to extend his stay at the Roman club for another season.

His last contract renewal came automatically at the end of last season, when his departure to other Leagues seemed very possible. Even at the end of 2023, in words for The goal of Betevé He even said that if Barça calls him “I’ll take a quick flight and before it hangs up I’ll be here.”

Pedro is performing in such a way that Lazio, according to this information from the dean of the European sports press with Mundo Deportivo, are ready to offer him a one-year extension. Baron It also supports the possibility that a footballer who scored 99 goals at a legendary Barça and contributed 17 goals in his 65 games as a full Spanish international could continue to help his knowledge and sense of togetherness game. Such is the esteem in which he is held at Lazio that it has even been suggested that in the future he could be a valuable resource at management level when he decides to hang up his boots.