Joao Pedro is the fourth Brighton player to join Chelsea in recent years, following Moises Caicedo, Robert Sanchez and Marc Cucurella. With the successful negotiation of this £60m contract, Chelsea are considered to have spent more than £200m on the market. summer transfer 2025.
Joao Pedro was signed while on holiday in his native Brazil
Brand new signing Joao Pedro will immediately fly from his home country of Brazil, where he is on summer vacation, to the US to join Chelsea, ready for his debut in the FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final match between the English representative and fellow countryman Palmeiras on the morning of July 5 (Vietnam time).
Jao Pedro will go to the US to join Chelsea and make his debut in the match against Palmeiras.
Joao Pedro - a timely reinforcement
Joao Pedro, 23, is a standout performer at Brighton in the 2024-2025 season. The former Watford player only needed two seasons to become a mainstay of Brighton, scoring 30 goals and 10 assists in 70 matches. This impressive form has caught the eye of many big clubs, including Chelsea.
At the request of coach Enzo Maresca, Joao Pedro flew from Brazil to the US to join the new team, undergo a medical examination and complete the signing procedures.
Chelsea introduced new signing Pedro with a short video recording Pedro juggling a ball on the beach with Brazilian jazz music, along with the greeting: "Welcome to Chelsea, Joao Pedro".
Joao Pedro was a standout performer at Brighton last season
Speaking when joining the London team, Pedro said: "Everyone knows this is a big club with a great history. They have had excellent players and still have them. When you are a Chelsea player, you only have one goal: Winning."
The Brazilian joins Liam Delap, Mamadou Sarr and Dario Essugo in Chelsea's squad for the Club World Cup. However, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, who Chelsea signed for £55m from Dortmund, will miss out as he has already played for the German side in the tournament.
Chelsea dreams of flying high at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
Joao Pedro has revealed that he received positive advice from his compatriot Andrey Santos and was guided in his career by former player David Luiz. Before moving to England, Pedro grew up at Fluminense, where he struggled due to his weak physique and lack of playing time. However, thanks to his mother's encouragement and perseverance, he overcame the difficult period to become a sought-after star.
With an 8-year contract, Joao Pedro promises to be an important factor in Chelsea's ambition to conquer the title in the new season.
Chelsea is the number 1 candidate to win the FIFA Club World Cup
After the two "giants" Man City and Inter Milan were eliminated early, Chelsea was rated by the supercomputer system of the famous statistics company Opta as the strongest candidate for the championship, ahead of the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.
The Blues' draw is quite easy as they only have to meet Palmeiras in the quarter-finals and if successful, they will face the winner of the Al Hilal and Fluminense match in the semi-finals.
Chelsea fell into the easy draw, dreaming of competing in the final and even the championship
The Opta supercomputer once rated PSG as the number 1 candidate for the championship with 20.6% while Chelsea only had a 10.4% chance. However, after the surprises in the round of 16, the supercomputer put Chelsea in the number 1 candidate position.
After 10,000 simulations, Opta predicts Chelsea to have a 57.9% chance of reaching the final and a 26.8% chance of winning the title. PSG falls to second place with a 35.6% chance of reaching the final and a 24.9% chance of winning the title.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/chelsea-no-bom-tan-joao-pedro-ngay-truoc-tran-quyet-dinh-o-fifa-club-world-cup-196250703111454175.htm
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