Ebrima Tunkara has been making waves at Barcelona and has been widely tipped to be yet another academy graduate to go on and star in the first team.
Tunkara has now been asked about his favorite players in Barcelona’s first team and did not hesitate to pick out one superstar in particular.
”The one I like the most is Pedri… He’s a magician, he’s very good. Both with the controls, reading the spaces inside, changing orientation… He has everything,” he told the RFEF’s website.
Tunkara also spoke about his first few days at Barcelona and admitted he struggled to make a good impression at first.
“At that time, I wasn’t very aware of what Barça was. I came from Africa and didn’t know much about it,” he explained.
“My father told me they had called me for trials, and I was thrilled; it was the club of my dreams . We went, I did the trials, and the first day didn’t go very well. The change from Gambia to Spain was hard.
“It was hot there and very cold here, it was difficult for me to adapt. They called us another day and it went much better.”
The teenager is now looking to a bright future and is hoping he might get the call from Hansi Flick soon, adding: “I want to make my debut with the senior team and win European and World Championships.”