Chelsea has agreed a deal with FC Barcelona to sign their
winger, Pedro, 28, for a reported fee of £21.2 million, the Spanish international
is already in London, ready to perform his medical. Manchester United has now dropped
all interest in signing Pedro, after seemingly being clear favorites to sign
him on Tuesday. United had their chance to sign Pedro earlier on in the
transfer window but haggled to get him at a lower price.
Now that Chelsea are favorites to gain Pedro, United are
attempting to make amends by now over spending on Thomas Muller for a reported
£60 million but Bayern Munich have said that the German is “not for sale.”
With two ex-teams mates of Pedro, one being Fabregas, who
plays for Chelsea, and the other being Victor Valdes with Manchester United, it’s
been reported that he spoke to both and
got their views on where he should join with both having to very contrasting
times at both clubs. Fabregas had such an effective season and playing most matches
for Chelsea he had advised the Spanish International to join him but with
Victor Valdes not playing at all and being frozen out of the squad completely, he has told his ex-team mate not to join United and spoke about his views
on Louis Van Gaal.
This is not the first time Chelsea have went under a rival
clubs nose and taken their signing. In 2013, Tottenham were interested in signing
the Brazilian winger, Willian, but again at the last minute Chelsea swooped in
to steal the player, even though the winger had already had a medical at Spurs.
Rumors have it that Pedro was already unsure about joining
United, with Louis Van Gaal last season not playing Angel Di Maria for majority
of the season and then selling him to PSG. Pedro would make a fine addition
to the Chelsea squad, adding more depth and competition with a Barca-esque style
of attacking.
Manchester United are reported to have lodged a bid for Southampton's, Sadio Mane, but the amount of money at this point is unclear. Are Manchester United right to allow Pedro to go to Chelsea or should they stay in the race for his signature?
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