28° 31' 24" N 16° 20' 1" W. That's what he points out in the photo that accompanies this letter. Pedri González López, one of the best young midfielders in the world, silver medalist in the Olympic Games, winner of the League with Barça, Golden Boy in 2021, owner of a dizzying termination clause of one billion euros … and, however, that is what Pedri points out. Those are the figures that interest him. 28° 31' 24" N 16° 20' 1" W. The coordinates of Tegueste, a small town in Tenerife with no more than 11,000 inhabitants. His own. The same one where his parents have been running a restaurant (Tasca Fernando) for decades, that serves, Pedri's word, the best croquettes in the world. Fernando and María Rosario are still there, with no intention of retiring, among papas, bubangos, cebollas rellenas de carne and, of course, those croquettes that their son has made famous by praising them every time they put a mic in front of him. And there is still the 'la peña barcelonista', founded by his grandfather Antonio, the same one who dressed him in azulgrana and introduced him to what would be the club he would dream of every night hugging a ball. And there are also his best friends. The ones he always had. The ones who played tirelessly at the door of the tavern, until his grandmother Candelaria, fed up with broken glass and lanterns, tried to tear the ball.

The one who is not there anymore is Fernando, his brother. Because Pedri couldn't bring Tegueste to Barcelona, so he brought him. To have a rival to beat for the umpteenth time in teqball and to be able to tell him that he will have to find a decent opponent. To use the two PS5 controllers and play FIFA or Rocket League while chatting with those from Tegueste. To comment on the last game of the Troncos in the Kings League and how good Perxitaa is and how he would like to be there if he didn't have a contract with Barça, but not in La Velada IV, he doesn't like being beaten in front of so many people, how embarrassing… And, above all, to repeat to him to be calm, to enjoy it. To remind him every day who he is and where he comes from. If it were necessary, because, at just twenty years of age, Pedri has a La Liga title, a billion-dollar buyout clause and now a Men's Health cover. But above all, he has an astonishing normality for someone called to be in the Olympus of football… and a finger that always points to Tegueste. And it's not just a gesture. It is a declaration of intentions. Those are the numbers that really matter to him. The coordinates he does not want to lose sight of. He lands on them as soon as he can, so he can keep flying.