Chelsea transfer news: 'If I were Joao Pedro, I would do everything to complete this transfer' - Former Blue urges Joao Pedro to eye Barcelona exit

Facing the imaginable of missing retired connected European shot wholly successful 2026-27, Chelsea could spot respective of their cardinal players depart this summer, and erstwhile Blue Shaun Wright-Phillips has urged striker Joao Pedro to beryllium among them.

The Brazilian has been powerfully linked with a determination to Barcelona, and Wright-Phillips did not mince his words erstwhile asked astir the speculation.

"I judge it would beryllium fantastic for Joao if helium were to go," the erstwhile Chelsea winger told Brazilian outlet Somos Fanaticos. "Personally, fixed the mode Chelsea has been run, if I were him, I would bash everything to implicit this transfer."

Wright-Phillips, who won the Premier League, FA Cup and Community Shield during his three-year spell astatine Stamford Bridge betwixt 2005 and 2008, besides highlighted the imaginable of Pedro linking up with Raphinha and Lamine Yamal successful Catalonia.

"Playing astatine Camp Nou, alongside Raphinha and [Lamine] Yamal, would beryllium large for him," helium added. "He would people galore goals, since we person already seen what helium did successful a squad that wasn't arsenic bully arsenic this Chelsea team."

Pedro Deserves Champions League Football, Says Wright-Phillips

The erstwhile winger went further, arguing that Pedro's prime demands the highest stage.

"If I were Joao Pedro, I would privation to play successful the Champions League, and I cannot spot Chelsea qualifying for immoderate European competition," Wright-Phillips said. "Joao has the level and deserves to beryllium playing successful the Champions League."

Pedro has surely done his portion successful a hard campaign, establishing himself arsenic Chelsea's apical scorer with 20 goals successful each competitions this season, an accomplishment each the much awesome fixed the turbulence surrounding the club.

Nevertheless, according to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea person nary volition of selling the 24-year-old this summer, and Pedro himself has yet to bespeak immoderate tendency to permission Stamford Bridge aft conscionable 1 season.

Chelsea Face Summer of Uncertainty

What is definite is that the Blues volition acquisition important changes, starting with the managerial position. The nine has yet to name a imperishable brag since Liam Rosenior's departure, a antheral who lasted less than 4 months of a six-year contract.

Many decisions volition hinge connected who takes charge, including the aboriginal signifier of an overcrowded attack. The futures of Liam Delap and Nicolas Jackson some stay unresolved, portion Chelsea person indicated they are unfastened to offers for Alejandro Garnacho, who has failed to conscionable expectations since his arrival.

The nine insists it volition not merchantability cardinal players nether duress, yet has acknowledged the request to trim the squad successful bid to money caller signings.

Beyond the on-pitch challenges, Chelsea proceed to look disapproval implicit the absorption of proprietor BlueCo. Liverpool fable Jamie Carragher has been among the astir vocal critics, describing the existent ownership's attack arsenic a vivid illustration of representation implicit substance.

"At the commencement of past play I wrote that Chelsea had go the richest improvement nine successful the world," Carragher wrote successful his file for The Telegraph. "Actually, it is worse than that. Now the nine stands accused of paying implicit the likelihood for an alarming regression."