{"id":9047,"date":"2026-05-16T07:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=9047"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:59:48","slug":"chelsea-make-fresh-joao-pedro-transfer-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=9047","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea make fresh Joao Pedro transfer decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Chelsea news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">May 14, 2026 20:09 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestJoao_Pedro_Chelsea.jpg\" title=\"Joao Pedro news\" alt=\"Joao Pedro news\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Pedro won&#8217;t be sold<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Chelsea have a clear stance on <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Jo\u00e3o Pedro<\/span><\/span>&#8216;s future ahead of the summer transfer window, according to The Athletic.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>The Blues signed Pedro from Brighton &#038; Hove Albion last term, and he has proved to be a fantastic signing with 20 goals and nine assists thus far.<\/p>\n<p>His progress has caught the eye of La Liga champions Barcelona, who are eyeing a dynamic striker to replace <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Robert Lewandowski<\/span><\/span>  in future.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic now claim that Chelsea consider Pedro as an indispensable player in the squad, and have no plans to entertain his departure.<\/p>\n<p>Barring the player pushing for an exit, a transfer won&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro has stayed quiet over the speculation linking him with Barcelona, and it appears he is happy to stay with the Blues for another season.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea won&#8217;t be playing in the Champions League next term, but could qualify for the Europa League by winning the FA Cup title.<\/p>\n<p>They face a huge challenge in the final against Manchester City this weekend.<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Chelsea news May 14, 2026 20:09 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}