{"id":12952,"date":"2026-05-28T00:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:46:26","slug":"chelsea-use-fabrizio-romano-to-send-strong-transfer-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=12952","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea use Fabrizio Romano to send strong transfer message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Chelsea have released briefs making it very clear that Joao Pedro is not for sale this summer, despite Barcelona interest.<\/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>Chelsea are making it very clear that Joao Pedro is not for sale, and they\u2019re going right to the top of the game to get their message out there.<\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano has just put out a message which sounds like it\u2019s straight from the desk of our five sporting directors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>Chelsea have been very clear with Barcelona: no intention at all to negotiate, discuss or talk about Jo\u00e3o Pedro,\u201d Romano wrote on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChelsea see Jo\u00e3o as key part of project, it\u2019s not about bid\/value. No intention to sell at all. Chelsea consider Jo\u00e3o untouchable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea have to hope JP stays in line when pressure rises<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s comforting to see that people at Chelsea are pushing back against Barcelona interest. But the interest is there, and if the player decides to make a big fuss about it, things could get ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there\u2019s no sign of him doing that yet, so we just have to hope it stays that way.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>There will be some tricky decisions about who to sell this summer \u2013 the players Chelsea would like to get rid of are not the ones who are going to generate much money.<\/p>\n<p>Joao Pedro spoke a little about why he prefers playing with some managers than other \u2013 he certainly looked better under Liam Rosenior than Enzo Maresca.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! 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