Brighton striker
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In addition to BVB of Fearer Jamie Gitten (20, all information in the article), FC Chelsea will promptly sign another young offensive player for a high transfer. According to the matching media reports, Brazilian international João Pedro is faced with Brighton & Hove Albion to the Stamford Bridge. The 23-year-old is to complete the medical check at the Londoners at the beginning of the coming week and then sign a contract until 2032.
For João Pedro, Chelsea, such as Fabrizio Romano and “The Athletic” report, pays over 50 million pounds, the equivalent of 58.5 million euros. If you add the replacement that the Conference League winner transfers for Gitten to BVB-with bonuses up to 65 million euros-the 200 million euro brand for transfers in a row is broken (for all Chelsea transfers). So far, only FC Liverpool has invested more than 200 million euros in new additions this summer.
So far, Liam Delap (22), Estêvão (18), Kendry Páez (18), Dário Essugo (20) and Mamadou Sarr (19) had already been hired for EUR 115.8 million. The first three are also offensive forces. Whether all of these players really spend the 2025/26 season with the blues can at least be questioned. In the storm center last season, however, the Londoners had the slightest width in the squad: Nicolas Jackson (24) and Marc Guiu (19) were available to coach Enzo Maresca as a trained nine. Now João Pedro and Delap are added.
João Pedro changed to Brighton in 2023 for EUR 34.2 million. Since then, he has scored 30 goals and ten templates in 70 games for the team, which has been trained by Fabian Hürzeler for a year. The Brazilian increased its market value from 32 million euros during this period. The Seagulls only took twice more for one player in their club career: Marc Cucurella 2022 for 65.3 million and Moisés Caicedo 2023 for 116 million euros also switched to Chelsea.