Joao Pedro to Barcelona: There is no smoke without fire

I know the whole ‘all Brazilian players want to play for Barcelona” thing and I get it. But this one feels a bit more than that.

With all the daily noise coming out reporting Joao Pedro to Barcelona, the Catalan side HAVE to be getting some encouragement from somewhere. And actually, we know that it’s directly from Pedro’s camp, because as reported on here a number of times now, he WANTS the move.

As our sources revealed, Pedro has spoken to his friend Raphinha about playing for Barcelona and also, has told his agent to see if he can make the move happen this summer.

The problem for Pedro is that he is tied to Chelsea on a long contract, and Chelsea are not listening to any offers for him right now.

But the fact that even Barcelona insider Gerard Romero is now speaking on Pedro to Barcelona, and Barca have officials in London right now meeting with Pedro’s people and trying to force a move, tells me that EVERYONE wants this move other than Chelsea.

And for me, if a player so badly wants to move away from the club, as I’ve said hundreds of times lately, then I’m sorry but they just have to go. Pedro is a class player and I’d be gutted to lose him. But I never want any player who wants to be elsewhere, it’s never a good recipe.

I don’t think Pedro would cause issues if he is forced to stay and I actually think he would still be a good asset. But if your head is somewhere else, are you truly into what you are doing?

Pedro is top but again, it’s not like he would be irreplaceable. I’ve had him in my indispensables list but we also have to remember he’s only been here for one season, it should take more than one good season to prove to me that you are untouchable. Of course I don’t want to see him sold. But I want players who’s heads are in Chelsea, not in Barcelona, Real Madrid, or anywhere else. Do we really want to be doing squad overhauls every three years because a bunch of the current squad want to go elsewhere?

I don’t think Chelsea will fold on this one though, but it does concern me that Romero is now talking about it – it just proves to me how badly Pedro wants this move.