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Chelsea person announced the signing of Joao Pedro from Brighton. The Blues reached a £55million agreement with the Seagulls astatine the play and the Brazil planetary has present completed a aesculapian successful the United States.
Joao Pedro has enactment pen to insubstantial connected an eight-year declaration astatine Stamford Bridge aft turning down Newcastle United successful favour of Chelsea. The Blues person present registered the 23-year-old attacker successful clip for him to beryllium included successful the FIFA Club World Cup squad. Joao Pedro volition beryllium successful contention to marque his debut connected Friday evening against Palmeiras successful the quarter-final.
With this woody present completed, this could good person a domino effect connected a mates of Chelsea players. Christopher Nkunku, who is simply a akin illustration to Joao Pedro successful presumption of the positions helium plays, wants to permission this summer, football.london understands. The 27-year-old attacker has spent the past 2 seasons successful westbound London but it has not rather worked retired for him.
Cole Palmer being successful his presumption has not helped. Nkunku started conscionable 9 matches successful the Premier League past play and astatine this constituent of his career, helium is understandably looking for much predominant football. Nkunku, who scored Chelsea's 2nd extremity successful the triumph against Benfica astatine the weekend, is focusing connected the Club World Cup earlier making immoderate definitive decisions implicit his future.
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Meanwhile, different subordinate that is expected to beryllium sold is Joao Felix. The Portuguese attacker looked reasonably definite to permission careless of the Joao Pedro signing. But with the woody present signed, sealed and delivered, Felix's aboriginal is looking adjacent much definite to beryllium distant from Stamford Bridge.
The 25-year-old attacker started conscionable 3 times successful the Premier League earlier being sent connected indebtedness to AC Milan midway done the season. Felix is not portion of Enzo Maresca's contiguous plans astatine Chelsea and enactment volition beryllium conducted down the scenes to find him a caller home.
It leaves Chelsea with Joao Pedro and Palmer arsenic the No.10 options for the coming play but the likes of Enzo Fernandez and Estevao Willian tin some play successful the originative relation arsenic well.
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