{"id":10755,"date":"2026-05-19T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10755"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:04:48","slug":"joao-pedro-named-as-chelseas-player-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10755","title":{"rendered":"Joao Pedro named as Chelsea&#8217;s Player of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Joao Pedro is Chelsea\u2019s men\u2019s Player of the Season, after a great debut campaign at Stamford Bridge following a transfer from Brighton.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Joao Pedro has been named Chelsea\u2019s Player of the Season, the club announced this afternoon. The summer signing picked up more than 60% of the fan vote.<\/p>\n<p>The former Brighton man has bagged 20 goals and 6 assists in all competitions, enough to place him ahead of Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo in the final standings of the vote<\/p>\n<h2>JP\u2019s season gets better and better despite team\u2019s struggles<\/h2>\n<p>Looking back to November, the striker wouldn\u2019t have been in most people\u2019s top 3 favourites for the award. That shows what a strong second half of the campaign he had, and hopefully presages an even better second season at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian was one of the few players who really improved under Liam Rosenior, who got more out of him than Enzo Maresca was able to. We hope Xabi Alonso is able to see the difference in the striker\u2019s usage under each coach and can take the lessons from the second half of JP\u2019s impressive campaign. 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