Newcastle fear Premier League rivals will hijack £70m Joao Pedro transfer

Newcastle concern their transfer for Joao Pedro can be hijacked by Chelsea.

The Champions League Magpies are readying a proper method to Brighton for Pedro, who’s believed to have expressed a want to go away this summer season.

Nonetheless, Newcastle are cautious of being dragged right into a bidding struggle with a number of different Premier League golf equipment in addition to groups in Europe eager on the Brazilian.

Eddie Howe’s males are significantly involved about Chelsea, who’ve made a behavior of taking gamers and managers from the Sussex coast in latest seasons.

Howe has been a long-term admirer of the £70m rated Pedro and tried to signal him earlier than he joined Brighton from Watford in 2023.

The 23-year-old’s willingness to play as a striker, no.10 or out extensive appeals to Newcastle supervisor Howe.

Ought to Pedro make the change to Newcastle, he would develop into the membership’s third Brazilian on the books alongside Joelinton and captain Bruno Guimaraes.

Pedro joined Brighton from Watford in Could 2023 for a club-record payment of £30m and appears set to make a hefty revenue ought to he depart the Seagulls this summer season.

The Brazilian netted a powerful 20 objectives from 40 appearances throughout all competitions in his debut season at Brighton.

Of his 20 strikes, 9 have been scored within the Premier League, whereas 5 got here by way of the FA Cup and an extra six within the Seagulls’ Europa League marketing campaign.

He then reached double figures within the league for the primary time within the 2024/25 season with ten Premier League objectives.

Nonetheless, it was not a season with out drama.

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Throughout a conflict in opposition to Brentford in December, Pedro averted a crimson card regardless of trying to elbow an opponent.

Pedro seemed to race away from Brentford’s Yehor Yarmoliuk, however the Bees midfielder held again his rival by pulling on his shirt.

The act enraged Pedro and he threw an elbow in Yarmoliuk’s path however missed him fully.

Fortunately for the Brazilian, he escaped any punishment because the VAR deemed it was not a crimson card offence.

Pedro additionally missed a stretch of 5 video games in direction of the tip of the season.

A crimson card suspension attributable to lashing out at Brentford’s Nathan Collins in April accounted for 3 of the video games.

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However he missed the ultimate two video games following a coaching floor row with teammate Jan Paul van Hecke.

Seagulls boss Fabian Hurzeler confirmed an incident had taken place however tried to downplay the severity of it.

“With Joao we had a small situation in coaching, a kind which is not unusual infrequently in all soccer golf equipment,” Hurzeler stated in Could.

“We handled it internally, and the matter is closed.”

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