El Pais recently wrote an article about Barcelona forward Pedro Rodriguez’s future at the Nou Camp which started with the line, “Pedro’s exit from Barcelona is near”. The Spanish newspaper suggested that these claims were made by people close to Pedrito, his friends, who had confirmed that a move away from the Catalan club was near with Manchester United looking to sign him.
Further, the Red Devils are prepared to make a €30m bid for the Spanish international, so that the La Liga champions let him leave this summer. Louis Van Gaal has made it clear that he wants Pedro at Old Trafford in the upcoming days and the La Liga champions’ game against Sevilla in the European Super Cup could be his last for the club.
According to El Pais, the stance at United at present is, “We want him, but there is no rush”. Barcelona are still sticking to their “we haven’t received a bid yet” storyline, though it seems just like a matter of time now before the deal is done.
Pedro signed a new deal recently, in which he changed his clause to €30m if he did not feature in 60% of Barcelona’s games. As the condition was not satisfied, the Manchester based side could sign him in a cut-price deal, as they look to win some titles this season.