Real Madrid rejected him as a young man, now he shines and Neymar calls him the next Iniesta

Pedro Gonzalez Lopez, more commonly known as Pedri, is undoubtedly the greatest talent currently in the Barcelona football club, and in the Spanish national team, alongside with Ansu Fati and Gavi.

As a Catalan midfielder, he always tells a curious story about how he was rejected by Real Madrid while he visited some trials with the White House club.  Now in an interview, Neymar described Pedri as the next Andres Iniesta, Spanish legend.

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Neymar set the bar a bit high for the young midfielder of his former team: “Pedri?  I like this one, he is the next iniesta”, declared Ney during an interview for DAZN.

When did Real Madrid reject Pedri?

He has told the story in a couple of interviews and it is as follows: "Due to a very rare combination of negative situations, Madrid did not want me and I had my second chance at the club of my life", declared the midfielder.