Pedri González He wanted to settle doubts about his relationship with Xavi Hernández… although it has not fully good. They were very popular at the beginning of the season some statements of the Canarian in which the formula of training of the Catalan coach once arrived once arrived Hansi Flick With your model and Barça He started working differently. “We work a lot more than before,” he said in his day, and now he wanted to justify those statements, although he has only confirmed the theories.
The Canarian player has clearly addressed the rumors that pointed to a possible distancing with the previous Barca coach and has made it clear that his link with him has always been good, although he did not like the multiple rumors that they rolled with their continuity in Barça and that supposed list of transferable players that the Catalan had elaborated: «No one talked to me that I wanted to sell me, the injuries and that wanted to stay ».
“With Xavi I have a good relationship, they always say that I throw darts in the press and it’s a lie, I have nothing against him,” he said Pedri On that alleged bad relationship between the two, words that, although they can be true, have not led to changing their opinions, which has re -compared both coaches in favor of Hansi Flick And his physical preparation: «When you say that we now train differently, everyone says it is to sink or crush the work of Xaviand it is not so. Now the team is flying, pressing 90 minutes on the first line and this has brought it Flick And that is what has changed ».
The influence of Hansi Flick In the costumes of the Barça It has been evident since its arrival. Pedri He does not hide his admiration for the German coach and highlights his ability to find the balance between seriousness and closeness in an interview with the program YOUR DIRS of RAC1where he has defined Flick as “a coach who, when he plays to be serious, as a good German, is quite serious, and when he has to have fun and joke, I think he is also the first.”
And is that the intensity and physical appearance of this Barça with respect to Xavi Hernández They reflect great differences, a change in the methodology that has served to improve, something that is clear in view of the results of the team and that Pedri himself has manifested in a personal capacity: «I work a lot to be at a good level and now I am enjoying it, which is what I like the most. I have not changed anything; The way to train yes. Now I do not lift a weight, it’s all more stretching with rubber. Personally, it is better for me and I think it is one of the ways I have found to feel comfortable ».
«Tests do many things to see which key is the right and change the way you are having the injuries. In the end, it is changing a couple of things, you feel good and I think the body evolves over the years. I am not afraid of injuring myself, I feel very good and I see it as a thing of the past, ”he said Pedri González On his injuries, which he has overcome by playing, his panacea: «They have told me to play and notice. When I stop for a week, I am more tired. They are things that at first did not understand, but my body is different and I take it. I am in one of the best moments of my career, for the confidence I have and the confidence that they give me, and wanting to continue like this ».
