The former Chelsea star who played huge role in £55m Joao Pedro transfer

Joao Pedro has revealed erstwhile Chelsea defender David Luiz played a important relation successful the 23-year-old's determination to Stamford Bridge.

The Blues made a breakthrough implicit the play aft reaching an statement connected a £55million woody with Brighton for the Brazilian forward. Joao Pedro trained with his caller Chelsea teammates for the archetypal clip connected Wednesday greeting successful Miami arsenic helium prepares to beryllium successful the squad for Friday evening's FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final against Palmeiras.

The Brazilians basal successful the mode of a spot successful the semi-final for Chelsea and a travel to New York. Speaking of the South American country, Joao Pedro volition go the latest successful a agelong enactment of players from Brazil to correspond the club. At the moment, determination are Deivid Washington and Andrey Santos, with Estevao Willian arriving aft the Club World Cup, but determination person been galore to play astatine Stamford Bridge successful the past.

Thiago Silva, Alexandre Pato, Filipe Luis, Willian, Oscar and Ramires are rather perchance the astir infamous. David Luiz, too, represented the Blues connected 2 abstracted occasions - and arsenic it turns out, played a large relation successful Joao Pedro moving to westbound London.

"I'm adjacent a small spot to David Luiz," Joao Pedro said. "I spoke to him, not astir Chelsea, but astir my vocation and however I could make better. He helped me."

The guardant has been successful England since 2020 aft signing for Watford from Fluminense and portion impressing astatine Vicarage Road, and past Brighton, helium is yet to get his hands connected a large honour since arriving successful Britain. Joao Pedro, however, hopes that volition alteration sooner alternatively than later.

Speaking successful his archetypal interrogation arsenic a Chelsea player, the Brazil planetary said: "I grew up watching the Premier League, and Chelsea were a nine that won trophies. So, erstwhile you articulation Chelsea, you tin lone deliberation 1 thing: to triumph trophies. Every competition, you person to think, 'I play for Chelsea and that is my ambition'."

The Brazilian is acceptable to beryllium included successful the matchday squad connected Friday evening arsenic Chelsea spell head-to-head with Palmeiras successful Philadelphia.

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