Chelsea are spending £55m transfer fee to help unleash Cole Palmer

Chelsea are successful the midst of finalising the signing of Joao Pedro from Brighton.

The Blues reached an statement of astir £55million with the Seagulls for the Brazil planetary connected Sunday. Joao Pedro is acceptable to motion a seven-year declaration astatine Stamford Bridge aft a breakthrough was made betwixt the 2 clubs. Brighton gave the 23-year-old guardant support to alert from Brazil to the United States connected Sunday to finalise his move.

Joao Pedro volition go a Chelsea subordinate officially successful the coming days, with the Blues aiming to registry their caller signing earlier Thursday's FIFA deadline for players to beryllium added to the Club World Cup squad. Chelsea instrumentality connected Palmeiras successful Philadelphia connected Friday evening and volition beryllium hoping the Brazilian tin marque his debut.

The Blues person been chasing a versatile attacking enactment this summertime and Joao Pedro has been identified arsenic the cleanable candidate. Since moving from Watford to Brighton successful 2023, the attacker has scored 30 goals and provided 10 assists successful 70 matches crossed each competitions. While helium has a more-than-decent instrumentality successful beforehand of goal, Joao Pedro offers thing other arsenic well.

Since the commencement of the 2023/24 season, Joao Pedro has won 9 penalties - proving to beryllium an highly tricky lawsuit wrong the container and 1 that defenders dread erstwhile closing successful connected goal. Chelsea won 5 spot kicks passim the 2024/25 Premier League play - the seventh highest successful the part - but having idiosyncratic similar Joao Pedro could assistance adjacent much successful that regard.

Joao Pedro has been Brighton's go-to punishment taker, though things whitethorn good beryllium antithetic astatine Stamford Bridge. Cole Palmer is the antheral who takes work from 12 yards for the Blues. Palmer volition beryllium highly blessed if his soon-to-be teammate Joao Pedro tin proceed being truthful hard to halt successful the container erstwhile helium is playing for Chelsea.

If it was not wide already, Joao Pedro's imminent accomplishment surely spells the extremity of Christopher Nkunku's two-year enactment astatine Chelsea. Profile-wise, Nkunku and Joao Pedro are precise similar; successful presumption of being highly versatile and offering Enzo Maresca an enactment successful virtually each presumption crossed the attacking line.

Nkunku is looking to depart Stamford Bridge this summer, football.london understands, arsenic helium looks for regular archetypal squad shot up of the World Cup adjacent year. Chelsea volition not basal successful the Frenchman's mode should they person the close connection successful the coming months. Bayern Munich showed an involvement successful January but that has cooled since. Manchester United besides approached Chelsea earlier successful the twelvemonth regarding Nkunku.

The contented for Nkunku this play has been the beingness of Palmer. Maresca sees Nkunku arsenic a No.10 mainly, though helium has played successful assorted antithetic positions, which has led to constricted crippled time. Depending connected wherever Maresca sees Joao Pedro, determination could beryllium a akin occupation connected the horizon.

However, Chelsea are looking to vie connected 4 fronts adjacent play pursuing their qualification for the Champions League and that means they volition request to telephone connected Joao Pedro consistently passim the campaign.

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