Argentina, Spain eyeing FC Barcelona’s 10-year-old footballer who scored 38 objectives in 26 matches
Argentina and Spain’s soccer federations, the AFA and RFEF respectively, are each concerned about recruiting Pedro Juarez, a 10-year-old footballer in Barcelona’s La Masia academy, Forbes reported.
Pedro, who has been dubbed because the “new Messi”, is registered with Barca’s under-10 (U10) workforce within the Catalan youth leagues.
This season, he has scored a powerful 38 objectives in 26 matches.
Initially from the Argentine metropolis of Salta, Pedro and his household moved to Barcelona in 2020 and caught the eye of Blaugrana scouts.
“Pedrito”, as he’s typically referred to, went viral a yr later with a sensational solo aim the place he dribbled the size of the pitch, incomes him not simply comparability to his idol Lionel Messi, but in addition a sponsorship cope with Nike.
In response to a report by Forbes, Pedrito is extremely prone to change into the centre of a dispute between the nation of his start and his present nation of residence, identical to Messi confronted in his youthful years.
In response to Mundo Deportivo, the AFA is planning to name up Pedrito to their nationwide workforce’s U-15s as a approach of securing his companies early.
Nonetheless, there may be nonetheless an extended street forward for Pedrito.
He must first flip skilled after which play at the very least three senior matches for a nationwide workforce earlier than he will be retained completely, in line with Fifa laws.
