Real Sociedad legend names Barcelona midfielder as his favourite footballer at the moment | OneFootball

Pedri’s brilliance is now drawing admiration from all corners of Spanish football, and the latest praise has come from a player who knows midfield quality when he sees it. Former Real Sociedad captain Xabi Prieto has made it clear that, for him, the FC Barcelona star is the player he enjoys most in the current game.

As quoted by Mundo Deportivo, Prieto was asked during the Legends Trophy event in Milan about the most decisive players in football right now, and he quickly brought Pedri into the conversation alongside other huge names. His quote was telling:

“Surely if he is at his best, Kylian Mbappe, Lamine Yamal… I love Pedri, I would tell you he is my favourite player. I would choose one of them.”

Pedri is increasingly the kind of footballer other high-level players and coaches cannot stop talking about. His game does not rely on noise or statistics alone. It is about rhythm, control, intelligence and the feeling that he sees the match a second before everyone else.

Prieto also gave Barcelona another boost when discussing the upcoming Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid. He said:

He even backed Barca strongly in the wider Champions League race. After naming Bayern, Real Madrid, Arsenal and the winner of Barca-Atletico as contenders, Prieto finished with another important line:

“If I have to bet on one, I would bet on Barca.”

If someone didn’t know Prieto better, they would think he was a former Barcelona player. But a player who played over 500 games for just one club, Real Sociedad, throughout his career, seems to be having a secret crush on the Catalan club.

In all fairness, no one can dislike Pedri. When a respected former midfielder like Xabi Prieto calls him his favourite player in football right now, it only reinforces what Barca supporters already feel every week: Pedri is not just excellent, he is one of the biggest treasures of the modern game.