Chelsea are not letting Joao Pedro go anywhere this summer, even if Barcelona make him their main target as their striker.
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Fabrizio Romano has given an update on the future of Joao Pedro at Chelsea.
The Italian transfer insider reports that the striker is “not a realistic alternative” for Barcelona should they fail to sign Julian Alvarez.
That’s because Chelsea consider JP “untouchable” and “not for sale this summer.” After a really good season after signing from Brighton, the Blues want to continue building their team around the Brazilian.
Chelsea face questions over backup striker even with JP stay
As has become clear, the problem is not to do with Joao Pedro. Chelsea won’t sell him, and he won’t push to go. It doesn’t seem like Barcelona are even going to put the pressure on by making a serious offer.
The problem is with his backups. Nicolas Jackson is the obvious candidate, but it’s not clear if he wants to stay at Chelsea. Liam Delap isn’t good enough, and Marc Guiu hasn’t shown anything that’s Premier League level, let alone Chelsea level.
No wonder we don’t want to let Joao Pedro go under any circumstances…
In other news…
The shocking running stats that were brought up about Chelsea time and again last season are a priority for Xabi Alonso to fix, and it looks like preseason work is already underway on that.
The questions about what Chelsea are going to do in goal is one which hangs over this summer – Mike Penders is expected to put some serious pressure on Robert Sanchez.
