The Galician Pedro Fernández Sarmiento ‘Dro’ (17 years) is called to captivate for its elegance with the ball in the preseason of the first Barça team. At the moment it is one of the songwriters chosen from the first day to work under the orders of Hansi Flick With a first objective: travel to the Asian tour and debut in the friendlies against Vissel Kobe (July 27), Seoul (July 31) or Daegu (August 4). Less known than others because it comes from youth B, with few games in the successful youth A, will surprise safe.
Born in Nigrán (Pontevedra) and formed at the Val Miñor Nigrán school, the talented midfielder, who can also play 'false 9', interior or extreme, already attracts attention from the three letters with which he is known: Dro. Is the abbreviation of Pedrologically, that it is as his brother called him to the joy of the family, who thus differentiated him better from his father, from the same name. And the nickname came wonderful in Barça to avoid confusion with their contemporaries Pedro Villar (17), who arrived with him from the Val Miñor, and Pedro Rodríguez (17), Granada, both midfielders also with a lot of future.
His football is bright and seductive. Cleaned technique to play one or two touches, drivers with the ball attached to the foot and head up, fast, with a good shot and ready on the arrival to goal from the second line. Great foul pitcher. He enters the eyes and his attitude is also adequate. Maybe some physicist is missing, but he is a second year youth. It is growing and already works to gain muscle without its own obsessions or the club because its magic needs freedom.
Pedro Fernández 'Dro', in the 2025-26 preseason of the first Barça team
From Gallego father and mother Filipina, he landed at Barça at the start of the 2022-23 season that played with the brightness in Cadet B, although he already debuted in Cadet A. his second campaign, the 2023-24 in Cadet A, was marked by the injuries, which is why he also played in the B. and in the last year 2024-25 alternated the youth B and the youth. year in the category of the Triplet of the Team of JULIAN BELLETTI (League, Cup and UEFA Youth League). It is International U15, U-16 and U-17, having already marked several viral goals with the Spanish team for its beauty.
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