Joao Pedro might play in Chelsea’s Membership World Cup quarter-final with Palmeiras after finishing his transfer from Brighton.
The Brazil ahead has signed an eight-year contract in a deal price £60m.
The 23-year-old flew from his homeland to the US to bear a medical and is now out there to play in opposition to Palmeiras (02:00 BST) on Saturday in Philadelphia.
The Fluminense youth product scored 30 objectives in 70 video games for Brighton after becoming a member of from Watford in 2023 for just below £30m, which on the time was a club-record payment.
“Everybody is aware of it is a large membership with an ideal historical past,” stated Pedro. “That they had sensible gamers previously and have sensible gamers now, so I’m excited to affix and you realize when you find yourself a Chelsea participant you have to assume one factor – win.”
Chelsea have additionally had a £55m bid for English winger Jamie Gittens accepted by Borussia Dortmund.
However the 20-year-old can be unable to play for the Blues within the Membership World Cup as a result of he has already appeared within the match for Dortmund.
Liam Delap, Mamadou Sarr and Dario Essugo joined Chelsea earlier than the match and had been all registered in time for the group stage.
Brighton’s head coach Fabian Hurzeler stated: “It is a good transfer for all events. It is a superb deal for the membership, and an excellent return on a major funding in an space of the pitch the place we have now a number of competitors and are already nicely served by way of our attacking expertise.
“It is also an thrilling transfer for Joao – it provides him the chance to play Champions League soccer this coming season, and he’ll after all be eager to cement his place within the Brazil workforce earlier than the World Cup subsequent summer time.”
