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Flick has called up a player from Barça’s fourth team for the pre-season tour. Who is Dro?

For the summer tour, Barcelona’s coach has brought in eight academy players, with the biggest surprise being Pedro Fernández a.k.a. Dro. According to Gerard Romero, he has been the breakout star of the first week of training and earned an immediate call-up to the Asian tour. Not Jan Virgili — his positional rival, whose involvement initially seemed almost guaranteed.

Pedro is 17, with a Galician father and a Filipino mother. He began his development more centrally but has often been deployed closer to the left flank — something that likely caught Flick’s eye. Regardless of his position, Pedro constantly looks to get on the ball, making intelligent runs between the lines.

Dro’s technique was shaped from childhood on futsal courts and is now impeccable. His first coach noted a resemblance to Thiago Alcântara, even suggesting that Pedro’s vision might be even greater.