by Joao Pedro selected Chelsea to Newcastle United and will sign for the club for around 50 million pounds for the quarter-finals of the World Cup this week.
An agreement between Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion was made for the 23-year-old, who will fly from Brazil to Florida on Tuesday and will be available against Palmeiras in Philadelphia on Friday. It is expected that he will sign a seven -year contract in the club and will soon be accompanied by the English winger Jamie Gitten from Borussia Dortmund.
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The signing will be a blow for Eddie Howe, who had identified Pedro this summer as one of three most important obligations Telegraph sport unveiled together with Anthony Elanga and goalkeeper James Trafford. Pedro’s decision was to go to Chelsea, whose interest was first reported by Telegraph sport In May, and this means that the association will continue its policy of signing young players for long -term contracts this summer. The 20 -year -old Liam Delap also selected Chelsea in front of others.
The signatures show the power of the Premier League clubs in relation to the South American representatives of the World Cup -that the former are able to bring new players into competition when it makes progress. Pedro originally comes from the province of Sao Paulo, but his first steps in professional football were Rio de Janeiro. From there he went to Watford in 2020 and then to Brighton.
Chelsea has signed more players, managers, coaches and recruitment managers from Brighton since the takeover of the Behdad Eghbali-Todd Boehly Consortium in 2022 than any other club.
The club is expected to concentrate on sales with players as soon as it has completed the registrations of Pedro and Gittens. Those who were loaned last season and a selection of others will probably leave Enzo Maresca to operate with a small first team fight of 23 players. Axel Disasi, who was loaned in the Aston Villa, is borrowed from Juventus, like Will Renato Veiga. Armando Broja and Ben Chilwell, both of whom were loaned last season, are also left. So also goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.
Noni Madueke also sparked interest, also from Arsenal – and possibly Newcastle United. There is competition on the right wing, whereby Pedro Neto has established itself as the first choice. The teenager Estevao Willian will also enter the next season – although the Brazilian will play against his new club in his last game for Palmeiras on Friday in his last game for Palmeiras.
