Chelsea are struggling with a few injuries at the moment, and they have just added another one to their list this afternoon.
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Joao Pedro has pulled out of Brazil’s squad for the upcoming international break because of injury.
We haven’t heard anything about it from Chelsea yet – Xabi Alonso’s press conference is tomorrow afternoon – but it was noted that the striker wasn’t in training this week.
Brazil did not call the former Brighton man up for the World Cup – and paid the price. They went out against Norway looking desperate for a striker. Since then he’s looked extra motivated to succeed for the Blues, and has been brilliant since the start of preseason.
Joao Pedro potentially a huge loss for Chelsea
All we can hope is that this is a very injury, and that Chelsea have decided to sacrifice JP for this Friday’s game in order to ensure he can miss the entire 3 week international break to rest and recover.
If we somehow nick a win, it would look a masterstroke. But we’ve yet to see how this team copes without it’s talisman striker in league games this season. Given how poor their defending is, we don’t like their chances without a key goal threat.
🚨❌ João Pedro, out of Brazil squad for the upcoming games due to injury — Federation has confirmed. 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/0W06jBBGIk
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 16, 2026
In other news…
Xabi Alonso has more players likely to be available on Friday night – but there are long term consequences for picking them.
Malo Gusto was a player who got a lot of flak from Chelsea fans for his performance at the weekend – and some have understood Xabi Alonso’s comments as a criticism of him too.
