According to ESPN, Manchester United keeper Victor Valdes helped changed Pedro’s mind about a move to Manchester United.
The Barcelona forward spoke to both Cesc Fabregas and Victor Valdes, his former teammates once Chelsea and United started speaking to Barcelona. However it appears that Valdes advised against joining Manchester United.
Van Gaal’s issues with Valdes are secret and the pair have had a major falling out because of the keeper’s reluctance to follow his methods.
Valdes and Pedro were very close during their time together at Camp Nou and it seems that he might have had a big role to play in Pedro snubbing Manchester United.