Pedri will wear the No.8 jersey at Barcelona for the 2022/23 season, the club have officially announced. The young midfielder wore number 16 last season, but with the 8 shirt becoming vacant following Dani Alves’ departure, he has taken it. 8 is also Andres Iniesta’s old number at Barca.
Interestingly, Bruno Fernandes will also wear the 8 shirt at Man Utd this season (switching from No.18)
Other famous players to have worn the No.8 jersey for Barcelona apart from Pedri
Dani Alves
Miralem Pjanic
Arthur
Andres Iniesta
Ludovic Giuly
Phillip Cocu
Albert Celades
Hristov Stoichkov
Interestingly, both Franck Kessie & Andreas Christensen were presented as new Barca players, but haven’t been assigned squad numbers yet.
Barcelona have already released their new kits for this season (see 22/23 FCB home shirt & 22/23 Barca away– both a nod to the 1992 Olympics)