A member of the midfield ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona nothing short of dominated the rest of Europe in one statistical category across the month of September.
The player in question? Pedri.
Midfielder Pedri is for his part of course currently in the midst of one of the finest stretches of form of his career.
From his berth at the base of Barcelona’s engine room, the 22-year-old has week after week shone on both sides of the ball.
Pedri’s game continues to grow all the time, with the Spanish international now boasting a complete repertoire of touch, dribbling, passing, vision, work rate, tackling, and impact in the final third.
And it is his recent efforts in the latter of these categories which has this week given rise to a remarkable stat.
As revealed by statisticians Squawka, with 150 to his name, Pedri managed nearly twice as many completed final third passes as any other player in Europe’s top-5 leagues in September:
Conor Laird – GSFN
