Trust Pedro to fool everyone into thinking he wasn't worth the paper his Chelsea contract was written on before coming good and proving to be an integral part of the team that looks best placed to win the Premier League.
The son of a Tenerife petrol station attendant has always been at his best when underestimated.
He tells a great story about his first days in the Barcelona first team in the 2008-09 league season. He had come on as a substitute for Samuel Eto'o and he had to trot across to tell Thierry Henry that he should now move to a more central position.