Stroke of fate: Pedri could've been Madridista
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Reading Time: 2min | Sun. 04.01.26. | 14:05
Missing on signing arguably the greatest Barcelona prospect has to be one of the biggest mistakes Real Madrid's scouts made in recent years
Sixteen players have worn both the Barcelona and Real Madrid jerseys throughout the existence of these two giants - from the "pioneer" Luis Milla in 1990 to the latest case of Javier Saviola, which occurred in 2007.
At the same time, Luis Figo, Samuel Eto'o, and Ronaldo Nazario remain, to this day, arguably the most outstanding examples of this odd situation.
However, if one ever wondered which players could have ended up at Santiago Bernabeu instead of Camp Nou or vice versa, the list would be quite long. The most recent name on it - Pedri.
Namely, speaking to Radiostadio Noche, the man who discovered the midfielder at Las Palmas, Pepe Mel, revealed that his former player could have become a Madridista, but Los Blancos' scouts made a huge mistake and missed on him.
🚨 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪: Pedri could have signed for Real Madrid.
— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) January 3, 2026
Pepe Mel, a former Real Madrid Castilla player, said he spoke with Emilio Butragueño (Real Madrid's Director of Institutional Relations) about Pedri.
🗣️ Butragueño's words, according to Pepe Mel: "He is NOT… pic.twitter.com/2ea8pzlAbq
"I spoke to Butragueno and he told me that the club had already watched Pedro and decided that he was not a suitable player for Real Madrid," he said via Telegrafi.
Now, at Santiago Bernabeu, they might regret overlooking Pedri, but the 23-year-old is doing just fine with Barca and probably wouldn't change a thing in his so-far career, as he made 221 appearances for the Catalans, won six trophies, and became the youngest Blaugrana player to play 150 La Liga games.
What's not to like about that?
LA LIGA - MATCHDAY 18
Friday
Rayo Vallecano - Getafe 1-1 (1-0)
/De Frutos 45+1 - Arambarri 90/
Saturday
Celta - Valencia 4-1 (1-0)
/Iglesias 33 pen, 59, El-Abdellaoui 83, Alvarez 90+4 - Pepelu 70/
Osasuna - Ath. Bilbao 1-1 (1-0)
/Garcia 34 - Guruzeta 71/
Elche - Villareal 1-3 (1-2)
/Neto 30 - Moleiro 7, Mikautadze 13, Pedraza 83/
Espanyol - Barcelona 0-2 (0-0)
/Olmo 86, Lewandowski 90/
Sunday
16.00: (1.80) Sevilla (3.70) Levante (5.00)
18.15: (1.50) Real Madrid (4.70) Betis (6.95)
20.30: (1.90) Alaves (3.45) Oviedo (4.80)
20.30: (2.30) Mallorca (3.25) Girona (3.25)
23.00: (4.00) Sociedad (3.45) Atl.Madrid (1.95)
***odds are subject to change***
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