Pedro: From Camp Nou to Old Trafford?

Although Spanish newspapers reported that Barcelona are desperate to hang onto Canary Islands winger Pedro Rodríguez, Manchester United seem poised to trigger his £22million release clause with the Catalan giants this summer.

Strikers Radamel Falcao and Robin van Persie have both left the club, leaving Wayne Rooney as the the only experienced frontman in Van Gaal’s squad.

Man Utd keen on luring Pedro to Old Trafford

Apparently Manchester United are keen on luring Pedro Rodríguez to Old Trafford in the summer as part of their £200 Million rebuilding program. Pedro is frustrated at Barcelona due to his lack of playing time but FIFA’s ban on the clubs transfers could mean that he stays put – More on Pedro Rodriguez

Could Pedro join Juan Mata at Manchester United?

Reports coming from Spain suggest that Barcelona’s pedro could form a deadly strike partnership with new arrival from Chelsea Juan Mata at Manchester United. With David Moyes keen to start signing new players in the summer, Pedro has been shortlisted according to Spanish newspaper AS. Read the rest of this report

Gerardo Martino full of praise for 3 goal Pedro

After last Sunday’s trouncing of Getafe by a 5 goal to 2 margin, Barca coach Gerardo Martino was full of praise for his winger. Pedro scored a spectacular hat-trick to put the Catalan club in the driving seat despite not having Messi, Neymar nor Valdés on the pitch. Read more here

Barca nets 5 in 7 goal thriller against Getafe

Last night had the recipe for a nightmare for Barcelona as Getafe scored a quick two goals and went 2 goals up in the first 15 minutes. Pedro turned the game around with a quick fire hat trick and Fabregas finished the rout in the second half with a brace. The Catalans now go into the winter break sitting pretty at the top of La Liga table. more on this story

Barca put Cartagena to the sword despite going down 1 nil

Barca had to comeback from 1 nil down on their visit to Cartagena last night in La Copa del Rey. The local side got ahead of the Catalans on the scoreboard and took the lead with a goal from Fernando, which sounded the alarm bells within Martino’s team. Barca went from less to more and it was Pedro who turned the game around. The man from Tenerife scored two goals in FC Barcelona’s comeback with Dongou and Cesc getting the other two. More on this story

Pedro and Jordi Alba miss training in Malaysia ahead of final match

Barca’s Pedro and Jordi Alba missed the first training session in Malaysia yesterday ahead of the final match as part of the club’s pre-season in Asia. Jordi Alba has a cold and Pedro is suffering from a bruised calf muscle he picked up in Barca’s last game against Thailand. However, Tello and Dos Santos have trained with the rest of the squad. More on Jordi Alba and Pedro

Valdes and Pedro put France to the sword

The Spanish national team La Roja silenced France in a one nil thriller in the Stade de France in Sant Denis last night whilst silencing their critics, too. With a referee who didn’t fancy complicating things and who forgave too freely the France team’s faux pas including a clear penalty, Spain now move to the top spot of the group and one point ahead of their French counterparts.