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Chelsea person announced the signing of Joao Pedro connected an eight-year contract. The Brazilian volition articulation up with Enzo Maresca's broadside astatine the Club World Cup having had his aesculapian successful America earlier this week.
Pedro arrives arsenic a versatile attacking enactment capable to play connected the near wing, up front, oregon arsenic a No.10. The woody is expected to outgo astir £55million with imaginable add-ons taking it towards £60million.
He has played 4 years successful the Premier League astatine Brighton and antecedently Watford, scoring 22 times successful 89 games. Nine of those person travel from penalties but helium besides recorded 10 assists and has started 57 matches, averaging retired astatine a extremity each 3 games.
Unlike Jamie Gittens, who Chelsea are inactive yet to corroborate volition beryllium joining from Borussia Dortmund but a determination is each but completed, Pedro volition beryllium capable to play astatine the Club World Cup. He could marque his debut this Saturday arsenic Chelsea look Brazilian broadside Palmeiras successful the quarter-finals.
Pedro had involvement from Newcastle United implicit the summertime but has chosen Stamford Bridge arsenic his adjacent home. He tin beryllium registered successful Chelsea's Premier League squad aboriginal this twelvemonth arsenic a homegrown subordinate owed to his clip astatine Watford earlier turning 21.
Chelsea person already integrated Liam Delap into their elder radical whilst Dario Essugo and Mamadou Sarr besides joined up with Maresca aft agreeing to articulation from Sporting CP (via a indebtedness astatine Las Palmas) and RC Strasbourg respectively earlier this year. Andrey Santos and Mike Penders are besides successful the States with the squad.
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